Following My Bliss

Following My Bliss

I love BlissDom, where blogging moms feel like rock stars for four days. In an everyday life filled with cooking, cleaning, laundry, and homeschooling, it’s a fun and welcome change of routine. (Thanks Alli and Barbara!) One of my boys—my oldest child at...
Family Movie Nights with Orville Redenbacher’s New Pop-Up Bowls

Family Movie Nights with Orville Redenbacher’s New Pop-Up Bowls

My family loves movies. Movie nights—whether family events or mom/dad dates—are a weekly fixture in our home. It’s a given on Fridays. As I tell my husband, it’s part of my contract. Popcorn is an indispensable component, a conditioned response:...
Win Tickets for Four to the Ringling Brothers Circus in Atlanta!

Win Tickets for Four to the Ringling Brothers Circus in Atlanta!

{Contest closed: Winner is Vicki Wingo!} We moved to Atlanta when our oldest son was only a year old. Fascinated by the amazing things to see and do in a big city, our little family splurged on all kinds of cool adventures, including the Ringling Brothers and Barnum...
(in)courage Bloom Book Club: One Thousand Gifts (I think you’ll really want to be a part of this)

(in)courage Bloom Book Club: One Thousand Gifts (I think you’ll really want to be a part of this)

The (in)courage Bloom Book Club kicks off this Sunday with the first vlog (video blog) discussion for chapter 1 of Ann Voskamp’s One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are. I have my own copy and handed out three more to girlfriends last week....
Facing Fiona

Facing Fiona

She crawls into bed with me this morning, carrying a small toy, and a two-year-old wound reopens, fresh. “Guess where I got my doll?” she asks. It’s been some time since I’ve seen it, and I don’t want to look at it, talk about it now. I...

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