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Now You’re Speaking My {Love} Language Today at (in)Courage
Do you know your love language? Your spouse's? Your children's? Knowing a person's love language enables you to communicate your love more effectively. Please join me today at (in)courage for Now You're Speaking My {Love} Language!
Share Compassion, Sponsor a Child
The bloggers from Compassion International's March 4-10 trip to Kenya are preparing for the long trip home now. The experiences that have been shared have brought me both tears and smiles. Our family has sponsored Guadalupe (Lupita), a five year old girl living in...
Scott Kelby’s Photo Recipes Live: Behind the Scenes
Lighting is one of the most intimidating areas of photography for both new and often experienced shooters. Although natural light photography can be gorgeous, some photographers say they stick with this method alone because they just don't "get" other lighting...
Images from my girlfriends’ weekend in the mountains (and why I will never lose weight on one)
Bagel-fuls and cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Promise they weren't this blurry in real life. I was dying for barbecue from this local dive. We didn't eat there, not because our underwear was showing, but because it was carry-out only and too cold to eat outside. Tough...
Thoughts on Sponsors, and a Thank You to Mine
As more blog conferences and other opportunities present themselves to bloggers, sponsorship has become one of the hottest trending topics in social media. Twitter parties with the #getasponsor hashtag and Get a Sponsor website have sprung up to help women discover...
Disney’s Mulan Live at the Alliance Theatre
{photo by Greg Mooney, courtesy of the Alliance Theatre} Four of my children and I had the pleasure of attending a live play of Disney's Mulan on Sunday afternoon, courtesy of the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. Although my kids have seen both Mulan movies (at the...
Making the Most
Three of my best girlfriends and I are on our second annual weekend trip to the mountains, an event that has inspired no small amount of excitement and anticipation for four mothers with eighteen combined children among us. We each try to bless the others in our own...
What It Truly Means to Teach
I've been thinking a lot lately about what is involved in both the teaching and mentoring of a child, or anyone for that matter. Sprittibee and I will be speaking live at the Heart of the Matter online conference this Thursday on "How NOT to Homeschool," which...
iHeartFaces Week 8 (2nd year): Hands On
This week's themes at iHeartFaces is "Hands On" and the guest judge is Becky Earl. When I first heard the theme "Hands On," I thought of a cool, artsy shot I have of my oldest son. When I read theme's description, however, I changed my mind: Show off those teeny-tiny...
Rockin’ with The Greencards
Two dear friends. my husband, and I had the pleasure of hearing The Greencards live last night on the second of a two-evening stop at the historic Crimson Moon Cafe in Dahlonega, GA. My husband calls me a Greencards groupie. I own all four of their CDs and was a...
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