Warm Brownies
Warm Brownies. The words jump off the page, memories of chocolate in the air, cravings satisfied, love and home, butter. Always butter. My mother didn’t cook much. Somehow I never really thought about this as a child, not until I was married with a family of my...
The Tale of a Mouse Called Luck
On a late February day—the 27th, to be exact—my children found a small white mouse sitting in a cage at the edge of the woods at a local park. Although no longer wanted by his owner, his cage contained food and kept him safe from other animals and hunger until my kids...
Back to School with the Barbie Photo Fashion Doll
A much-anticipated new toy joined our household last week, the Barbie Photo Fashion Doll. Admittedly, I was reluctant to review Barbie. I’d already committed to writing 31 Days of Before & After Shots for October and I just didn’t see how I’d...
Some Days He Gives You Just What You Need
You know those days when everything seems to go wrong and you just want to give up, sit down, and cry? Yeah, those days. I had one last week, but God sent me a moment of grace to put it in perspective. It felt like swimming in molasses, never slowing down but not...
