February 27th 2015 They say love is blind. “They” are wrong. Love sees all weaknesses, blemishes, flaws, and errors, yet chooses to accept, not condemn. Love recognizes fears, bad habits, and struggles. Love understands imperfections and challenges exist, but works through them. Love saves. Love fights. Love never ends. God is Love. God loved me… Read More Love is NOT Blind

For most God-fearing, God-honoring girls, Mrs. P31 is someone we look up to (or should). After all, she’s the clearest picture in scripture of a virtuous woman! She’s smart, good with finances, beautiful, hard-working, selfless, and…married. This woman has a  husband that’s well respected, children that behave in public, and a solid understanding of the… Read More Miss P31

The word “purse” has a lot of connotations. For my little sisters it means “cute-bag-that’s-just-for-looks.” For Mothers with young children it is a “diaper-bag-with-my-wallet-inside.” At our high school, purses are an accessory that you change when you change your outfit. In Old English, a “purse” represents a sum of wealth. My purse is not for… Read More The Problem with Your “Purse.” (Yes, guys. You too.)

For the sake of this post, I am going to assume we all have weaknesses and strengths. If this is not true of you, my congratulations or condolences. I am not sure which. I am also going to assume that most of us don’t like to do what we are bad at (weaknesses) and prefer… Read More Leverage Your Strengths to Avoid Your Weaknesses

I must confess, I lied. You only need a pile of smoking sticks and licking flames to roast a juicing elk in hushed and reverent awe like your great-great-great-great grandaddy. (Just for the record, clothes aren’t needed either. . .) Here’s the hitch: Grandpa Adam didn’t have to worry about phone calls, emails, and thirty-minute… Read More Top 9 Tools You Can’t Cook Without

JANUARY 21st, 2015 Sometimes, I don’t see people how God sees them. Sometimes I use the world’s measuring stick to judge whether I should be someone’s friend. Do we share similar interests? Do our personalities mesh? Do we have the same humor? Are they fun? If the answer is “Yes” to all these questions, then… Read More It Doesn’t Matter if They’re “Cool”

The smells of Cinnabon wafted through the stale mall air and flooded my senses. I forgot the cookbook I was reading (actually, I can’t read cookbooks. I was looking at the pictures), Kyla, my appointment–everything but that overpowering smell of sugar, fresh warmth, and sensual brown goop. I had to have it. Just a bit of background.… Read More Appetites. Cravings. Get Control.

DECEMBER 1ST 2014 A new month, a new challenge. The next two weeks will be devoted to cooking. It’s funny how a little sleep can change things. Last night I was exhausted and couldn’t fall asleep, while this morning I’m exhausted and can hardly stay awake! In the evening I felt like Julia Child–even though… Read More Learning to Cook

  “You are going to show me how to make that? That scribbly, little, childish, cheesy chart to the left?” Hey, don’t knock it. I made that when I was 10 and it marks the first $1,000 I earned selling brownies with my sisters. In this world of professionalism, judgmentalism (I know that’s not a word), and… Read More The Power of the Cheesy Chart

According to a LOT of research, 88% of Americans fail to complete their New Year’s Resolutions. Most of them quit yesterday. Are you one of them? I know I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I didn’t like the sound of following a consistently failing model. So, I stopped setting New Year’s resolutions for… Read More What you do WHEN you break your New Year’s Resolutions