Happy Friday! One of my most favorite things about Fridays is that I get to watch the gal I teach alongside every day do one of the things that she was just made to do. Teach art. She is an artist, and she is a wonderful art teacher. And on … Continue reading
Are you feeling the love today? We sure are at our house! LOVE that brought so many people to our door to buy cupcakes! It was a huge success! We raised over $1000 for Haiti. We are super excited! And a little sleepy. But we’re enjoying some Valentine love here … Continue reading
Do you know what would make a super cute valentine? A cupcake all boxed up with ribbon and love for $2. And knowing that all the money from buying your valentine is going to Haiti will just make it that much sweeter. You can get your valentine cupcake in vanilla, … Continue reading
Remember these? Well, we’ve been snowed in our house for the last couple of days. And it turns out we’re not having school today. AGAIN. So I’ve been thinking that with all the extra time on our hands that we should be doing SOMETHING. And so we are. We did … Continue reading
Taido wrote about responding to the earthquake in Haiti a while back, and as I have prayed, I have been amazed at the ways God has given me opportunities to learn more about Haiti and its people. I know I am not alone in that I have read and learned … Continue reading
Someone recently asked me for this recipe that I used to make long ago when I worked with preschoolers at church. Now I serve with the middle schoolers (you know, so I can spy on my errant son) and as I typed out this recipe it struck me that maybe … Continue reading
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me… Whenever I read a book like Little Bee (Long Way Gone, God Grew Tired of Us and The Other Side of the Sky … Continue reading
Even though we don’t get much snow in Arkansas, we certainly make the most of it while it lasts. Do people go sledding on 2 inches of snow in other parts of the country? Do they scrape the little film of snow off of cars to form snowballs? Do they … Continue reading
While we were in Florida over Christmas vacation, I received an email from a friend who is hosting an exchange student saying that there was a gal in need of a new host family because her current hosts were moving out of state. Three of the darling women in my … Continue reading
