A lesson in preparation & the six things I can’t live without when painting. Seven pm, almost on the dot, my leg neuropathy kicks into...

These plants, sitting in these windows, on this beautiful day… They are healthy. They are growing. They are happy here. Or at least I...

“I’ve gone through a divorce and I still believe in marriage. I was a single parent, and I still got most things done. I was in a career...

The mountains in California, and cities surrounding them, are ablaze. Some of those fires are in the mountains not far from our home. Ash...

Right now, I’m in the proverbial ninth month of birthing a book baby and it feels very much like waiting to birth a real baby. It’s part mis

BOOK UPDATE: Jesus had been tugging at my heart to write this book for YEARS. I think I’ve mentioned it before, but I never started...

I was sitting at work one day this week providing training to a new hire and going over our store Active Shooter Plan. The fact that we...

This week my house is empty. The kids are off at our church camp (except this year it’s not beach camp). They are at a mountain resort,...

I learned something I never knew about words this week. Maybe you've heard of it, but I had not! Contronym. A single word with two...

If you walk up to my front porch you’ll already get a glimpse of my quirky, decorator's heart. There’s a set of rocking chairs with seat...

Six years have passed since he passed. It is summer. Way past hot. The walls wear beads of sweat from the swamp cooler trying to do its...

The minivan pulls up at the end of my front walkway about the same time I get the text message announcing its arrival. I’m already one...

I’ve discovered something about finding hope in the middle of a mess that I didn’t expect. Hope isn't lonely. Meet fellow #hopedealer Sami!

I want to tell you, whatever side you fall on, that you are loved. You are seen. You are heard.

As I sit here more than two months into quarantine, I'm asking myself not how I'll cope in the lock down life, but how will I press in

Jesus Before Tacos (Even on Tuesdays). That's our family motto. I've created us a logo. I've secured the Instagram account name,...

Several times in the last couple of months flowers have show up on my doorstep for no other reason than a friend who loves me wanted me...

I hope as I open up our messy, downright beautiful life to you that you will see some of yourself in us, see hope in the hard things, and f