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  Every summer of my childhood, my brothers and I spent two weeks at Deenie...

Well, we all knew this day would come. It's our very last week of One...

Two days before Chris left town last week, he had a late night of work....

Chris has been out of town for one whole day and already the boys have...

Coffee in the middle of a tired day Brooksie’s current obsession with the sky One...

(We traveled to Texas, Philadelphia, and made a little hop up to Connecticut. You know,...

Some words that are blowing my mind this week, from the amazing Advent book I’m...

The Lord is With Thee  from the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 1 They hail me...

Friends, I'm going to ask you to jump over with me to another site again...

Hey friends, Instead of a Thankful Tuesday post, I'm guest posting over at Tanya Marlow's...

Amy Lepine Peterson is one of those kindreds I've found out there in the great...

For a sweet, small Thanksgiving with friends. I love hosting parties with my husband. And...

Yesterday morning, while our sickish boys were playing with their dad on the carpet of...

This is a repost from last Thanksgiving. But how can I not post it again?...

As we walk into the church, I think about the last Sunday in our church...

I will live in Austin for one more week. A week from tomorrow, I'll leave...

Friends! I miss you guys. It’s very weird to go through a week and keep...

Yesterday after lunch, August and Chris were sleeping together in my bedroom while I cleaned...

This week my friend Sarah Bessey asked the question at her blog: What’s saving your...

I have to leave today. Noon. I’ve packed and planned. It’s been a long visit...

It is late on Monday night and tomorrow we will be driving away from Cousin...

I'm now in Amarillo, my hometown. We got here on the 4th and it will...

We’re home! It was a sweet trip. And it was long (two weeks!). We left...

Yes, I'm still off in the land of vacations, where time doesn't exist (except for...

Christopher, when we were first dating, riding in cars together, my fingers running through the...

Every time Chris leaves town, I’m reminded of how much I depend on him, on...

    A couple of Sundays ago, I had a phone date with my 90-year-old...

Parents who will drive eight hours and spend money on a hotel room on the...

Last night, after the kids snuggled into beds and the cat (who is getting better!)...

It was a good day, but a long one: the house in disarray. Another week...