A friend and I are both participating in a consignment sale next week. We're encouraging our children to go through their toys and see if we can pare down some before Christmas brings even more. Unsurprisingly, my children only brought out a few little things. She has...
Years ago, I worked at a summer day camp outside of Austin, TX. It was fun but exhausting and I based the camp in Faith and Hope on my experience there. One of the counselor nights, where we all got to go hang out at camp without kids and play around with the...
Temperatures in Tennessee have dropped this week. It's glorious! But it also means it's finally the end of gardening for this year. All I've been picking the last few weeks has been tomatoes and okra. And a few peppers. The green beans, squash, cucumbers, and other...
For the last few years, my family has participated in a program called Lads to Leaders. It encourages children to hone their skills needed as they grow so they can be leaders in the church in the future. We have insisted our son participate in Song Leading the last...
Saturday was set to be a busy one. My husband was gone all day at a Quiz Bowl tournament for school. My son had a soccer game at 10:30. My daughter and I were attending a ladies' tea at 2, with the son off to stay with a friend. Everything was scheduled and set, ready...
Do you make it hard for your significant other to make grand gestures? What do I mean by that? Well, my friend Barbara Britton is here to chat today about how she has made romance hard on her husband. See if you agree. When I thought about what to write for Amy’s...