Month: November 2017

The Christmas Gnome

How the Christmas Gnome story came to be… When my younger sister and I were little, we believed that little gnomes lived in the forest. We would go on these grand adventures through the woods where we hiked and picnicked, placing lettuce (they either really loved lettuce, or we did not), at the roots of […] Read more…

Self-ie Love

You may remember my message from a couple weeks ago, Fearlessly You, where I discussed how my own insecurities were falling on my daughter, and how she had been running from the camera, afraid to look silly.  She has a great smile. When she’s happy or excited, her eyes somehow get really big and squint at […] Read more…

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Little Seekers

Last week was a challenging one for me. Well, most weeks are challenging these days. They are a constant battle between time flying by; never enough minutes in a day, and time dragging so slowly that bedtime can’t come quickly enough. I know so many of you other moms have been there. But last week, in […] Read more…

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Fearlessly You

Last week, I began playing around with the Instagram feature, stories, in an attempt to be hip in the social media/business/marketing world. Yes, I realize that using the word, hip, completely contradicts my goal, but I digress. While doing this, I learned some things, which I divulged in a social media video, which by the way, made […] Read more…

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Bernat Baby Doll

Bernat baby doll

This Bernat Baby Doll pattern might just be the pattern of all patterns. Ok, maybe not really, but it is super easy, works up very quickly, and has been the source of a great war between my youngest two children, until I had to put my prototype away for safekeeping, poor baby. I got this […] Read more…

Service or Expectation

When you give, when you are generous with your possessions, money, time, ideas, heart; you name it, why do you do it? What drives you to give? What is your motivation? See, being generous with people is not just about money, or things. Sometimes it’s about being there for them when they need you. Sometimes it’s […] Read more…

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