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Our Desire for a Redemption Story today at (in)courage
Because my husband spends two to three hours a day driving to and from work, we’re selling our home of fifteen years to move closer to his office and many of our friends, family, and activities. We last moved when our youngest daughter was six weeks old, the year...
Joy Is Contagious — Share It with the World Around You today at (in)courage
A few years ago, I took my daughter Chloe on a three-day trip to Mobile, Alabama, for a combined birthday/high school graduation trip. She knew we were going but not the destination until minutes before we hopped on a bus in downtown Atlanta. The biggest treat in...
Spruce Up Your Desktop with October’s Desktop Calendar
Hooray for Fall! I'm so excited October is finally here. Normally it would still be hot here in Georgia, but recent hurricanes sent us rainy days and cooler temperatures. I still expect us to top 90° a few more times. Bryan and I celebrate our wedding anniversary this...
IT’S BOOK LAUNCH DAY!!!
It All Began in a Garden launches today and we're giving away FIVE copies at (in)courage!! Here's a snippet of the post, but click on over and read the whole thing and enter the giveaway: As I take care of my own family, I always search for natural options and ways to...
Decorate Your September Desktop with Luscious Lavender!
This month's desktop calendar features an image taken at the Red Oak Lavender Farm in Dahlonega, GA. where I took the photo for the lavender chapter in my new book It All Began in a Garden. After over 2 1/2 years of working and waiting, this book baby enters the world...
Your Time Has Not Passed today at (in)courage
When I graduated college at twenty-four years old with a husband and a toddler, I felt so old. Shouldn’t I have been finished by twenty-two? Apparently you don’t age dramatically between twenty-two and twenty-four, as I had imagined. As a young wife and mother, the...
Two Delicious Drinks for Your Day!
I remember being so confused when I discovered essential oils. What exactly was I supposed to do with them? And those brown bottles sure seemed small. I quickly learned how potent quality essential oils are, although it was still hard to believe one drop of peppermint...
It All Began in a Garden News: Launch Team & Preorder Bonuses Available!
Are you as excited about the release of my new book It All Began in a Garden as I am? Are you an essential oil user who wants to learn more or someone who doesn't understand exactly what essential oils are, but wants to? I'm so honored by your support and I'VE GOT BIG...
If Only It Were Scratch & Sniff: August’s Desktop Calendar
Do you ever wish you could just hit the pause button? Maybe that sounds unusual in the middle of a global pandemic, but it’s how I feel lately. Life is spinning by so fast it makes me dizzy. Our youngest son had his high school graduation ceremony Saturday. I’m so...
