backsplash details

For those of you who are sick of the kitchen talk, my deepest apologies. I wanted to do a follow up blurb about the backsplash in our kitchen, as many of you asked for the details. But it feels too long ago to just to a blurb so now I have to make it a whole post. my...

chat about this

Each week, I receive a particular email that I can’t wait to open. It is a written by my friend, Bonita, and is designed to encourage writers in their craft. It is appropriately named Encouraging Words for Writers.  I’ve been hoping she would write a whole...

inspired

Unwrapping Tuesday was the most bloggy fun I’ve had in a while! Thank you all so much for participating. Your words and moments are so inspiring to me. My soul feels all filled up and satisfied. The following is one of my favorite images from Tuesday. Jo writes:...

tuesdays unwrapped

Celebrating the small things does not come natural to me. Most of the time, I am in survival mode, thankful to make it to bedtime. That is why I so love this project. For these moments, in this place, I slow down. If only for a few minutes, we have permission to take...

the gentle art of thankful noticing

A thankful heart does not come easy or for free. Some of the most deeply cultivated hearts of thankfulness belong to people who may have endured much suffering or those who seem to me to have little to be thankful for in this world. Several times over the past few...