Sometimes, in all the noise of my life and the world around me, I hear varied sounds–a capella singing, impromptu piano pieces, languish and laughter, television banter, lightsabers bouncing, and conversations here and there.  Since we replaced the carpet in our family room with Pergo recently, I have noticed the level of noise that I [...]

Today is one of my favorite days. We are still living in the glow of Thanksgiving and at the same time starting Christmas. Last week, my boys put the Christmas lights on the house. Today, the grandchildren will put out the Nativity figures, and tonight we will enjoy the magic of Christmas. Being a mom [...]

I love holidays–the cooking, the traditions, the music, and don’t even get me started on the food…. But my favorite part about holidays is the family getting together! Clichè or not, I love it when all the brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles and cousins gather at some semi-common location (which, this [...]

With thankful hearts and helpful hands, families, friends and neighbors gather together on this one day of the year to express gratitude to Him who gives us everything and to each other. The day is spent in all corners in the United States with everyones special traditions and tiny touches that make it Thanksgiving for [...]

Cobi Dickinson is an amazing woman!  She balances her time between supporting her awesome husband, teaching her fabulous four little ones, and building up those within her sphere of influence.  She is an active writer, tri-athlete, and dear friend.  She is currently supporting women and mothers on her newest blog, MOMs Arise.  Read more from [...]

On my mind much lately is the principle and practice of love.  Some questions that have been in my thoughts are those such as: Do we have to earn love, or can we expect it to be given freely to us? What comes by “protecting” ourselves through not expressing the love we feel toward others [...]

Before I begin this blog, I would like to apologize for dropping off the face of planet earth for the past two weeks. I’m sorry for slacking! I will do better in the future. Now, let the blogging begin! I majored in music for my undergrad, and one of the coolest things I get to [...]

My name is Jill. My husband, Tyler, & I have three beautiful children (Anna – age 8; Keith – age 5; Kristina – age 5). We adopted the younger two children in November 2008 from Ukraine. I want to share with you our story of this amazing adoption process. First of all – we’ve always [...]

So, I woke up recently from a dream in which I met a woman who was happily smiling–almost giggly–and when I asked her how she was, she replied, “I’m great!  I just took 2 inconsistency pills!”  In my dream, I was feeling kind of down, and I responded, “Maybe I need to take one of [...]

In a Morrison’s Cafeteria in South Carolina, there was a sign that read: “Love is something so divine, Description would make it but less. ‘Tis what I feel, but can’t define. ‘Tis what I know, but can’t express.” The author is unknown to me. I loved it so much, though, that I had it quoted [...]