Gratitude Friday

As we were driving to church Sunday morning, my son threw out the theory that IF he laid perfectly flat ...

I sprained my ankle. In bed. (STOP IT) (Had I been doing something salacious and fun it would not have ...

Yesterday, I didn't do a whole lot. A good, warm-bath-certified, day of rest. Got up, packed Skillet's lunch, and made ...

For our Thanksgiving meal, I found the most A.DOR.ABLE paper plates and bowls from the Pioneer Woman's line at Walmart ...

Yesterday morning as I was fixing lunches for the day, I had one of those moments of panic when you ...

Not sure how you handle overwhelming days, but I self-soothe with HGTV. Yesterday, I came home after some Christmas shopping, ...

The mat in the guest bathroom sparkles. Several weeks ago, I discovered gold glittered nail polish on the bathroom tile. Of ...

So fess up, did you buy a lottery ticket? Because I confess, we did. A few. More than a couple, ...

I am now, "Are you taking your calcium supplements?" Years Old. Did y'all know that was a thing? Because it ...

Well, October arrived. In a flash of 90-degree heat, neighbors, and National Night Out glory. We had a lot of ...

I like Peter. He messes up, puts his foot in his mouth, swears he won't do something and then does ...

During our drive home to spend the long weekend in Alabama, our car hit 140,000 miles. The car turned ten ...

Several years ago, I realized my life was full of voices repeating the same things. Over and over and over ...

My son came home from school one day this week over-the-moon excited about his day. It had been a PE ...

Listen, I'm not sure if there's some sort of world record for this kind of thing but I am already ...

While sitting at the indoor bounce house place this week, listening to a podcast, and enjoying the 90 minutes of ...

Last week, I learned a valuable lesson. 40-somethings probably shouldn't be racing their six-year-old at the trampoline park. Ankles tend ...

My great grandparents worked in the mills in their small southern town. Neither of them made it out of elementary ...

One Friday a couple of weeks ago, the kids and I loaded up for an all-day adventure. We had a ...

One day this week, we loaded up for the water park after lunch instead of first thing in the morning ...

Not sure if I've mentioned this or not (possibly 24 times) but we spend a good many of our summer ...

During the summer, Wednesdays are my day off. Now that band camps are over, Dr. Band Geek isn't teaching but ...

We wrapped up our first day at the waterpark this week. Because it was our first day, we stayed longer ...

The past two Sundays, the kids and I have attended my childhood church with my parents. I lovingly refer to ...

We cooked a Thanksgiving feast this week. My uncle came in town (he's a certified Yankee now) (it's fine, we ...

Last Thursday, we did something we've never done as a family. Took a right-hand turn off I-20 in Jackson, Mississippi ...

My son appeared in the doorway shaking and crying, "I did something awful." This was the third time he'd come ...

Not sure about y'all but we have exactly three days of school left in this year and then, summer begins ...

Last week, I hugged nine little people for the very last time as they left our bible study class. They ...

My journey to building a grateful life rooted in Jesus began with a simple question, "Are you grateful now?" I ...

This past year, our Bible study group has been working our way through Romans. Honestly, it hasn't always been fun ...

Listen, can I just be honest here? A small, tiny, raw confession? I have no plan for April. Or May ...

During the months between our full IVF failure and whatever would be coming next, God performed a miracle in my ...

After our full IVF failed in March of 2009, I really wasn't sure what to do next. I thought IVF ...

The very first gratitude list I ever made included a Honeycrisp apple, a ginger peach water, and a Beatles song ...

In December 2006, I traveled with Dr to Chicago for his annual gigantic band conference. The plan being while he ...

Two years ago today, one of our daughter's namesakes, Aubrey, died tragically and unexpectedly. That night, I sat down to ...

Valentine's Day and every day since we watched the news coverage of the Parkland Florida high school shooting. My heart, ...

Monday morning, I spent some time assembling bags filled with supplies for reading games. Index cards, poster board, markers, glue, ...

When we look for a house, and we've done that a lot, we look for a house we can resale ...

In April 2013, my dad retired after 44 years with his company. Dad's team hosted a retirement reception for him ...

One morning early on in our marriage, I woke up and thought, "BLAH. This marriage is not at all what I ...

I'm about to confess something to you. Something that makes my husband say, "Because you're dead on the inside," (a ...

When I opened up social media one morning this week, the first three posts were by friends fighting some of ...

We are Star Wars people. The kids have been watching Rogue One on Netflix repeatedly plus we own the original three movies ...

We are relatively new to the contemporary church thing. I remember the first time we attended the worship service of ...

Dr and I celebrated 17 years of marriage last Saturday. Please enjoy our baby faces in our wedding photo. Bless ...

This past Saturday I headed up to "The Walmart" for a couple of items I neglected to purchase the day ...

In our family, we spend Christmas Eve with my side of the family and Christmas Day with my husband's side ...

A couple of years ago, I gave my daughter a storybook about women of the bible. We read a children's ...

Happy Day After Thanksgiving! Hopefully, Y'all had a wonderful day of family and friends and football. We ate a lot ...

Almost a decade ago, I had finally saved enough money to purchase my dream dining room table. The one I'd ...

Last week, our little family fell victim to a random, ordinary flu-like virus. High fevers, coughing, headaches, loss of appetites, ...

Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line ...

An email just popped up on my screen as I sat down to write this. Subject: In the mood for ...

For several weeks, I had been deep in the first three chapters of Romans. Up to my eyeballs in storing ...

Father, we come, I come, today, with a heavy heart and a burdened soul for the women waiting for you ...

I started dance classes at the geriatric age of 10. That's even older now then it was then. We moved ...

This week, we taught our little two-year-olds about King Nebuchadnezzar. Well, we left out some parts. Such as him eating ...

Saffron came home with a new set of sight words last week. Her teacher created this adorable folder with a ...

This week, I witnessed drop off stations for Harvey relief overflowing. Our usual spots, our elementary school and the ALDI, ...

Goodness, y'all. If ever there was a week to say, THANK GOODNESS IT'S FRIDAY, this is it. Because...this week? Ugh ...

In 1965, a tall, slender white man with a full head of jet black hair arrived in Selma, Alabama expecting ...

So this is how the first day of school went for us. We all walked cheerfully and excitedly the half ...

This week, I am grateful for teenager Robin. Which sounds incredibly odd, except, if you knew how much I have ...

We ate steaks last night. I feel like I should confess that after Tuesday's post when I claimed my son's ...

Well, my baby, Skillet, turned five yesterday. Officially, he turned five ten days ago but we played the parent card ...

Y'all. Over the course of this week, I have written around 3,000 words trying to fit a round orange slice* ...

Well, friends. It's done. Our front yard seating area came together like a charm. And. We hosted our first get-together! ...

We are not a bicycle riding people. Pumpkin is horribly afraid she is going to fall off so she rides ...

This week, I'm sharing a post from May 2014. AKA, three houses and a bazillion years ago. Skillet would have ...

Twenty years ago, I painstakingly cross-stitched my parents a letter for their 25th wedding anniversary. The fact that thing continues ...

Well, it has been one month since we launched this new space to my social media folks. I know y'all ...

Summertime is here, friends. And, OBVIOUSLY, that means my daughter has been waking up somewhere around the time the sun ...

Y'all, I'm going to start off by telling you this has been a hard Gratitude Friday to write. Not because ...

Hey, friends!  How did last week's Plumb Line beginning go?  Did you get the work started?  Did you picture Jesus ...

A couple of night's ago, after I released this little dream of mine into the world, my small group leader ...

Happy Mother's Day weekend, y'all! I have approximately 2, 481 draft Mother's Day posts written but I can't manage to ...

Couple of things. One, how adorable is that photo???? Snapseed. Y'all. I made that! I have been having just the ...

Several weeks ago, after my regular bible study meeting, my leader asked me to consider becoming a leader myself. And ...

Ahem. Welcome to the end of Spring Break. Basically, we have spent all the money and had all the fun ...

Welcome to the week of meltdowns. Sweet mercy. Yesterday, it was my son over his legos.  He couldn't make them ...

I promise it did not go unnoticed that the last two posts described the opposite personalities of my children. The Ying ...

This was one of those weeks where I felt like God wasn't doing a whole of a speaking to me ...

Last night, as we were watching the 20/20 special on the incoming first family, my husband threw out this question ...

Do you ever say something, out loud, and surprise yourself? You discover, just as the words are falling out of your mouth, their ...

Years ago, God invited me to begin a journey of gratitude. We were smack in the middle of our darkest ...