When Andy and I started Our {Real Food} Journey it also spurred the realization that we not only put a lot of junk in our bodies, but on them. I started dabbling in homemade organic home and body products, some of which resulted in: Hard Lotion Bars Whipped Body Butters Sugar Scrubs, and Organic Beeswax candles…
I hope you and your had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! We were away at my in-laws for three days and it was so restful and relaxing. There was lots of eating, talking, playing, and reading on the couch – pretty much perfect. Now, we’re diving back into reality head first and I am gearing up…
Last week I talked a little about how not every believer is necessarily called to adopt; but ALL of us are called to engage in the caring for the orphan and widow (and everything in between). So today, in wrapping up my series on the Heart of Adoption, I wanted to share 5 (of countless)…
Last Friday, Max got the stomach flu for the first time since he was 10 months old. I think it was a small, but glorious miracle that we did not all come down with it. The first time he was sick (which was also the first time I was a parent with a sick child),…
Over the past couple of weeks of this National Adoption Month, I’ve shared the deeper heart of Why We Are Adopting and hopefully made clear my understanding that Adoption is not Charity, It’s War! Right now our church is doing a series called The Gospel Effect and the idea is that if we truly accept the Gospel,…
I shared one of our bookshelves already this week, but every month, Modern Mrs. Darcy hosts a Twitterature Link-up as, “a place to share short, casual reviews of books…” There are always plenty of awesome recommendations and reviews, so if you’re looking for suggestions, head on over and hop around! Here’s What I’ve Been Reading: The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino This…
Every month I join Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Twitterature Link-up (which should be coming up at the end of this week and I am super excited to get some feedback on the books I read this past month). Today, she hosted a What’s on YOUR Bookshelf Link-up for all of us to sneak a peak at…
If you’re new to this series, start here! I’ve had numerous conversations with people expressing concern at our adoption: …Is this the right time…Just remember you can’t save the world…Do you have those resources…Think of what you’re giving up…What if the child is sick or brings a really challenging situation…You know, This is not going…
November has looked like a lot of this… Which quickly turns into this… Which then usually results in this… Allowing someone to get his share of this… and this! We bounce back quickly though… And Mommy doesn’t mind sneaking a peak at my “Andyman Solution” :) mmhmm… And then someone gets cold and the snot…
Why are we adopting? I should probably add this to our FAQs because we’ve received it often. It is apparent that many people who adopt do so because they are unmarried or unable to have biological children. Not so in our case; the miniature people we cart around that look EXACTLY like us (or at…
