Category: Life
Dear Anxiety: How You Make me Borrow Troubles
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Dear Anxiety, I’m done borrowing trouble and worry from tomorrow, the next day, the next week, the next month, and the next year. I’m done. Well, I really want to be. Yet, I’m in this cycle of dwelling on what ifs. This week I had two women tell me to…
Raising Kids with Animals
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When I was a little girl I had many pets. Bunnies, guinea pigs, fish – two particular 25-cent goldfish lived so long we actually had to move them to a cow water tank when we moved away, cats, dogs, and chickens. I got to see all parts of an animal’s…
Favorite Products in October 2023
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October Skincare Faves: Chicken Coop Faves: Self-Care October Favorites Please read my Tea Lovers Gift Guide for more of my favorites. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Rest assured, I only link to products I love.
How Our Hands Tell Part of Our Story
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I have always loved hands because they tell so much. Different Hands, Different Stories You know if someone is a construction worker by looking at their hands. Their hands show all the labor they have done with healing wounds from pulled splinters or cuts from a tool. They are muscular…
Summer 2023
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I can’t tell you the last time we had a summer, we weren’t doing any vast projects. It’s been a long time, I can tell you that. If I had to choose three words to describe our summer they would be: Here in North Idaho, our summers are amazing. With…
Dear Anxiety: How Striving Keeps Me Stuck
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Dear Anxiety, Striving keeps me stuck. Stuck in darkness. Stuck in habits. Stuck believing lies about God. Lately, I’ve been realizing what it means to live in God’s love. I have been so stuck striving for a relationship with God forgetting that the Holy Spirit resides in me and He…
My Journey with Cystic Acne and How I Keep my Skin Clear
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In this post, I’m going to tell a little about my story with acne, what got me to where I am today, products that have helped, and habits that have helped. First of all, cystic acne is something to leave alone. DO NOT try to pop them. Most of the…
Dear Anxiety: How I’m Hearing the Truth Over the Lies
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Dear Anxiety, The lies are becoming too loud. It’s easier to believe the lie over the truth. I am learning a lot about the Holy Spirit through this journey of anxiety. A verse that I have always read to combat anxiety is Philippians 4:6-7 which says ” Do not be…
Dear Anxiety: How I’m Walking Through Anxiety
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This is steering away from what I usually blog about and getting more personal. Writing helps me organize my thought paths and get things out. It also allows me not to feel ashamed of my thoughts or feelings. So welcome. Here are some of my innermost thoughts: Dear Anxiety, I…
What I Learned in 2022
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This is a tradition that is so refreshing, renewing, reflective, and fun! I believe it is such a good practice to look back on the year to see what I learned, remember what happened, and most importantly take what I learned and apply it to my next year of life.…