Every good mother loves nothing more than to see a smile on their kids’ faces. A fond memory I have of my youngest was face-timing with my then 14 year old who was with his Dad in India teaching in the school and at the conference. I could feel the warmth of his smile as […]

Are you afraid of what all is going on in our world these days? Are you shaken up by it all? Does it seem uncertain to take the next step? Honestly, it’s hard for a lot of us to even think about it. Some go to their war room and pray. I’m sure you have […]

I remember it like it was yesterday, though it’s been a few years now—the day I sent my eldest son on his way to begin his senior year. Having coffee in my favorite chair in the kitchen after doing what I had long anticipated, wondering how it would feel. It was all so surreal. I […]

So how do you get THAT happy? Furthermore, how can you LIVE that happy? Admit, this phrase makes us laugh because we all long to be happier than a bird with a French fry, don’t we?   I am living proof that it is possible. I’ve had a few sad moments when the struggle got […]

” …speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; ” (‭Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭19‬ NASB) This is so funny and sort of unbelievable. As a child, my favorite songs were called “It’s a Happy Day” and “Happy In The Lord”. Still to this day, […]

When I was a little girl, we had a pond behind our house. There was a picturesque meadow on the other side of that pond filled with beautiful flowering weeds each summer. There were those tiny purple flowering weeds, dandelions galore, and it seems like yellow, I recall, maybe a few daffodils here and there. […]

We have all heard this term before – “Happy Camper”. The definition of happy camper is actually stated as “a contented, satisfied, or uncomplaining person”; or, “a happy person”.    When I hear those words, Happy Camper, it takes me back to my childhood in the 70’s and teen years in the 80’s for some […]

It’s Happy Girl 19 week!!!  What will your Happy Girl Story be? This year, I am so honored to be able to have Lisa Young as the guest speaker, because she’s an integral part of my #HGStory. I went on a mission trip to Haiti with an organization called C3 Global that Lisa & her […]

~Happy Talk~ Are you a happy talker? Check out these verses to sort of check up from the neck up. Jot down or copy and paste the ones you might need to focus on. What if these verses described the way we talk day in and day out? How much happier would we be? How […]

“There is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink and find satisfaction in all their toil – this is the gift of God.” Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 Here’s the deal…people think that if only I could be more successful, I would […]