Saying Goodbye To a Loved One
Saying goodbye is hard, but we will honor the legacy left by mom.
Healthy Lifestyle Practices
Healthy Lifestyle offers tips to create wellness in your home and your self-care. Tips on eating, quieting your mind, essential oils, destressing, and more. Be the gatekeeper and model for your family’s wellness.
Five Ways to Quiet Your Mind
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1 When you don’t have an apron. . . Have you heard of Susanna Wesley? Born in the mid-1600’s, she was the mother of Charles and John Wesley, ministers of the Methodist movement. But Charles and John were not her only children. …
Teaching Ideas for Parents During Quarantine
What if formal schooling stopped? Could your children learn some valuable things between now and September?
Virtual Reality
Are you living in a virtual reality? You can escape by the power of the blood of Jesus.
2019 Reflections on Life
What do I want to do in 2020? I have a whole list. I want to work on these without sacrificing my time with family and others. The challenge in setting personal goals is not becoming totally self-absorbed.
One Little Word – Rest
My one little word for 2020 is rest. How do we rest and still accomplish our goals?
Choosing Christmas Gifts for Children
There is a popular jingle that parents use as a guide to buying Christmas gifts for their children. This four-line rhyme offers some wise buying advice: Something they want, something they need, something to wear, something to read. As a grandparent, I also have found myself using this guide as I select gifts for my grandsons. Of course, the something …
300 Minutes
October has been a busy and exhausting month. I was out of town for five days at a conference. The drive to Nashville was pleasant, but we had car issues on the way home, turning a 9-hour drive into a 16-hour drive. Two days later, I spent a 15-hour day at the hospital for my husband’s scheduled surgery, returned to …
Spring Break Packing
Travel! We like to get away, but the packing. . . For me, packing takes #alltheoils for focus, courage, and stamina! I admit it; I am high maintenance, and I like to have all my creature comforts when I am going on a trip. Computer, phone, books, Kindles, notebooks, pens, coloring books and pencils, calendar, travel journal, crocheting, and snacks…lots …