This month's Heart of Womanhood Blog really hits home. Discord within our families, our churches, our hometowns (especially ours in Louisville, Kentucky), our nation, and our world can leave our homes and hearts feeling hopelessly splintered by racial tensions, pandemic pressures, and political divisions. But this sister in the Lord has been ONE who has [...]
This past month The Wigs had a ton of power stored in our house! Yep. Thanks to a few FCA coaching families who run a firework stand each summer, our neighborhood gang enjoys a spectacular display after dark every 4th of July! My hubby loves the names on the boxes of these colorful explosives. Fireworks [...]
Is everything in our new normal really new? Since the pandemic, we are told that life is never going to be the same and admonished to accept a "new normal" that will require many daily adjustments. No doubt we are finding that to be true as we submit to intrusive temperature checks, endless sanitizing, cumbersome [...]
One thing I love to do with my daughter, no matter the time of year, is to go outside. Riding bikes, hiking, exploring parts of our wooded neighborhood or just getting our hands dirty in our own yard. Recently, I’ve started to give my daughter, Navy, money for the time she spends pulling weeds. Although [...]
This is finals week for Kentucky schools. However, more than any other year, the 2020 tests are far from "standardized." Nope. This year the exams are being completed at kitchen counters in pajamas OR on family room floors with laptops. From first grade spelling tests to AP College Credit Exams, this season of testing hit [...]
The "triumphal entry" of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday has been a favorite picture of mine since childhood! I loved making construction paper palm branches and waving them high in the air when our Sunday School teacher got to the part of the story where we would shout, "Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes [...]