Hey there, Besties!  I hope your weekend was wonderful!  I’m coming atcha live from Spring Break ’17!  Our days so far have been filled with family time, lots of fun, but very little sleep, as my littlest boy has adopted the habit of waking mama up 5-6 times per night.  Needless to say, both of […]

Happy Friday, my Besties!  It’s an extra happy one for me, as our spring break starts after school today!  Woot!  While we don’t have any tropical getaways planned, we are pumped to spend time with family and friends we don’t get to see nearly as often as we would like!   Today’s Bestie Finds are […]

“I want to leave a legacy, how will they remember me?  Did I choose to love?  Did I point to you enough to make a mark on things, I want to leave an offering…and leave that kind of legacy.” Those lyrics from Nichole Nordeman’s song, Legacy resonate so deeply with me.  I often wonder…am I making […]

By now, I’m sure you all know about the paleo diet, right?  Also known as the caveman diet, it helps people eat leaner and cleaner by asking the question, “WWACE?”  What Would A Caveman Eat?  😉  If Fred Flintstone wouldn’t have had access (here’s looking at you cheese, processed sugar, and grains), you shouldn’t be […]

Welcome back, Besties.  Yesterday we discussed how we can help a friend who is hurting.  Today I want to put the focus back on us for a bit.  What do we do when the future looks bleak, or we are experiencing tremendous pain?  How can we persevere and find the strength to keep going when it […]

In the book  “One Thousand Gifts”, Ann Voskamp asks these questions when she has experienced a significant loss in her life: “Does God really love me?  If He truly, deeply loves me, why does He withhold that which I believe will fully nourish me?  Why do I live in this sense of rejection, of less than, […]

FriYay feels like the perfect day to share another roundup of fun self care items to #treatyoself!  I clearly have spring on the brain lately, and even though it’s a literal monsoon in my neck of the woods, I’ve got my eyes and heart set on these delightful spring break ideas and items. Whether you […]

“Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.” – Colossians 3:12 I’ve been thinking a lot about humility lately, and specifically, how humility makes you a better person.  Part of this recent perseveration has to do with the fact that I was just in Washington, D.C. and, politically speaking, there may not be a […]

Well Besties, if you read yesterday’s post, you know I feel pretty strongly about rest.  I know you have probably heard the “this is how much sleep you need” lecture numerous times, but many of us still struggle to get enough shut eye at night.  Whatever the reason, you can count on a nap to […]