With Great Joy

*One of my plans for the blog this year is to repost some older posts from the archives.  I've been writing here since 2006, so there...

One of my favorite times of the day is when we gather around our table and eat dinner together.  Often we'll all tell our "best...

(That handsome man of mine in the photo below has a birthday today.) Mark- Happy birthday to you.  I am so incredibly blessed to be yo...

I'm staring at that title and wondering if it's even possible to fit that all into one post.  Perhaps this will have a part 2?  And ...

The day before Thanksgiving, we closed the books and enjoyed the end of November, plus the whole month of December (!!!) and then some, and...

Just thinking of you tonight... and wanted to tell you that I am so blessed by those of you who read here.  Truly.  So thankful. Thank yo...

My Audra (6), will often ask: " Mommy, will you tell me the story of the girl and the boy who prayed and prayed and prayed for a bab...