Sometimes I wake up and I just feel a little numb. Like I have been trying to be all things to all people, but none …
The In-Between Spaces: Trusting God
The Ocean of Grief
Outside the window, I can see encroaching clouds in the skyline. The quickly moving storm clouds are a dark blue-gray and just below that I …
Lightning Bugs and Summer Magic
It was a lazy summer lightning bug kind of night. The kind where you look out into the darkness and see the sparkle of these …
Missing My “Mammie”
I dreamed of my ancestors last night. Specifically my maternal grandmother and great-grandmother. Maybe it was hearing my kids watching The Lion King In the …
Refined by Fire, Redeemed by Wind
The death of a soul is the pungent smell of ashes, and charred earth. This battlefield of defeat was familiar to me. I had been …
The Branch of Jesus
“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on the throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled …
Cracked Fixer Upper
We moved next to the white house. It represents every perfect thing that we are not. The neighbors lime washed their bricks with a bright …
Peter Rabbit Baby’s First Birthday
I cannot believe my baby has turned one. Where does the time go? To snuggles and cuddles, that’s where. I had so much fun designing …
Home Transformation: Changing our “House” into a “Home” and looking back
I recently shared on my YouTube channel “Life and Lilacs” that we will be moving mid-October. I knew back in January we would need to …
Don’t Wish Away Time
Have you ever found yourself wishing away time to the next happy moment. Let’s talk today about how to remain fully aware in the present.