I recently made a major domestic “oops”. Our town sends out the trash truck weekly, but they only pick up recyclables every other week. By the time week two rolls around, historically we’ve been overflowing with seltzer bottles, milk cartons, empty cereal boxes and more. …
I have a confession to make: I’m in love with hydrangeas. (I don’t care who knows it.) My obsession started when my parents moved from their beloved CT home to distant Alabama. My Mama, who passed her sweet sentimental genes on to me, had carted …
Adele made it to the other side. I’m not sure I’m there yet, but “hello from the middle” isn’t as catchy. Everyone loves a story with a good ending. The one where Jesus rescued the disciples from the freak storm. The time God answered Elijah’s …
I’m beyond thrilled for you to meet my friend Sharon Butler who is this month’s “Friend Poster”. I’d introduce her myself, but I can’t beat her own beautifully spoken bio…so the rest is Sharon: —————————————————————————————————————————————– These days, I am the wife of a crazy redheaded …
It seems it’s been a long week. I’m seriously contemplating painting my whole house black. Oh, but that’s not a depression-induced choice, it’s just I’ve been looking at my finger-smudged, crayon sullied walls and I’m wondering what color might absorb some of that mess. Still, …
Hi, I’m a mother…and I make mistakes. My pastor spoke briefly today on the Proverbs 31 woman. If you haven’t heard of her, she basically embodies all the wonderful and ideal qualities a wife or mother could ever possess: she’s waking up early, running her …
Don’t ask me how I jumped from Netflix banter to this. Ah well. I recently read in a Time Magazine article what I’d basically known already- that more and more people are challenging not only traditional views of gender roles, but redefining gender identity itself while …
There’s a question burning in my heart that I need to ask you…that I need to ask myself. My little CT town is reeling, and rightly so, from a new budget proposal by our own Governor Malloy. At first I was caught off guard by …
Dear President Trump, I won’t attack all the things…there’s no point in that. I agree with you wholeheartedly when you say we need to seek solidarity. Little good can come when we’re divided, humanly angry, and stirring up more anger with harsh words. But on …
This year I made my Fantasy Football debut in our church league. My husband is a football aficionado junky fanatic (yes I’ll leave that one) who knows more players and stats than I know things about coffee. So I thought this year, instead of being annoyed at …