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. […]

Do you remember the Juicy Juice commercial jingle: “The happy comes straight from the fruit”? As soon as I heard that, I immediately thought of John 15.    I actually spent much of one year about 15 years ago in that chapter of the Bible until it became a significant part of my spiritual DNA. […]

 …over and over repeatedly!!! Been there? We all have. Sometimes it’s messy, so messy that you’re left sitting in a lemony disaster. Or at least it feels that way. But the good news is you can add a little sugar and what was meant to take you out and turn you sour ends up refreshing […]

“But I don’t have enough money to shop like I want for people I love so it’s sort of depressing.”  “But it’s so busy and hectic, how can I even enjoy it?”   “But I lost a loved one. How can I be happy?”   “But the holidays brings back memories of what was and […]

If you follow me on social media you may have noticed me using this hashtag lately #happyontheoutside so I’ld like to explain what that’s all about…    When I was a little girl one of my favorite praise songs in Childrens’s Church went like this ~ Something on the inside working on the outside. Oh […]

You’re always doing them. Today I hope you get to take a load off & just D O   Y O U • Rest. Relax. Rejuvenate.  What if today you did even for just an hour or two something Y O U genuinely want to do? And enjoy it, be thankful for it. Soak it […]

A friend who is doing #whole30 told me recently that they say to stay away from “foods with no brakes”. Such great advise. Advise I am attempting to follow. So far so good. This single shift in thought about food is really healthy and helping me already. It helps to take away the need to […]