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Camera Phone Friday: Veterans’ Day Edition
1. Crafting in her pearls & her tee (cc: @QuaverMusic) 2. Autumn crafts 3. Yard Sale 4. Picasso IRL 5. Art history quiz: who's the artist? 6. Phone. Photography. Fun. Today my kids and I attended our county's Veterans' Day celebration, one of my favorite events to...
Our Perfect Road Trip to The Relevant Conference
Initially I'd planned to fly to The Relevant Conference, alone. However, my 16-year-old son created a bond with the folks from DaySpring in January when he traveled with me to BlissDom and worked with them in January. They wanted him to go and he wanted to go, so it...
Camera Phone Friday: The Relevant Conference Edition
1. @holleygerth & her fabulous upcoming book 2. Playing with blocks #relevant11 3. #flatrobin rockin' dinner #relevant11 @PensieveRobin @deidrariggs @Kristen_Strong 4. Hanging w/#flatrobin @ #relevant11 w/@deidrariggs & @kristen_strong 5. @emilychats &...
Where Everyone Knows Your Name
My bunch absolutely cannot do without community. We love family time, but getting together with friends—where the moms can share, the kids can play, and the dads can bond—is a must. Hanging with our Moe's gang on Kids Eat Free night gets me through the hump in the...
This Do in Remembrance of Me and November’s Desktop Wallpaper Today at (in)courage
"I take a towel and kneel in the floor, pulling a basin of water from beneath the pew in front of me, and then I lift my sister’s feet, one at a time, washing them in the cool water as my rings softly scrape the metal pan. After each foot is wrapped in the towel and...
31 Days of Real Life: I Can’t Do It All
1. 'staches on our #incourage instagram feed @ #relevant11 How? 2. @dearabbyleigh & I #relevant11 #incourage 3. @Kristen_Strong @holleygerth my dinner buddies! #relevant11 #incourage 4. Mother/son time @ #relevant11 #incourage 5. Pizza with friends #relevant11 6....
31 Days of Real Life: What is the Source of Your Joy?
I started my morning worrying about three aspects of our Relevant trip: a sponsored car, two pair of pants I should have had hemmed before now, and something I needed to pick up in Atlanta (not a quick, easy drive). I needed to be "on" and productive, but instead I...
31 Days of Real Life: Who Do You Represent?
While driving into Atlanta for Bloggy Boot Camp, I had the thought that I "represented" (in)courage there. One thing I've learned in blogging is never to assume that another blogger has ever heard of or read you or any site that you're affiliated with, but still: in...
31 Days of Real Life: Be Kind IRL (in real life)
Tonight at the pre-conference party for Bloggy Boot Camp Atlanta, I enjoyed hanging out talking with Meghan and Bernice. Meghan is a relatively new Atlanta blogging acquaintance—so sweet—and Bernice is an old friend from pre-blogging days. Another lady, alone, walked...
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