These are the articles that brought tears to my eyes, made me want to cheer like a fan whose team just scored a touchdown, or left me pondering my life and desiring change. I hope you enjoy!
Hi! I’m Rebecca, lover of Jesus, my hubby, good hot tea and great conversations! I claim a little town in western North Carolina as my home, but Texas has stolen my country-girl heart.
These are the articles that brought tears to my eyes, made me want to cheer like a fan whose team just scored a touchdown, or left me pondering my life and desiring change. I hope you enjoy!
None of these changes will happen naturally. Every single one of them takes intentionality, thought, and planning. All of these will require establishing or shifting rhythms and routines in every area of my life.
These books are all page-turners in their own right. I found them to be intriguing, thought provoking, life-changing, and challenging
With all of this talking about food, I've figured out a few snacks that temper my emotions, protect my wallet, and keep life moving. These may not be your favorite snacks, but I am hoping that they help you think through your own food-crisis solutions!
When I started reading 100 pages a day at the beginning of the year in effort to keep my sanity during a crazy season of life, I had absolutely no idea where I would end up.
You have an opinion about the issue your neighbor has just brought up, or maybe you think you don’t have an opinion... Then you walk away from the conversation and it gnaws at you a bit, but you eventually shrug it off because his opinion doesn't really matter.
The summers are so hot here, that I look forward to getting outside more as fall bears cooler weather. I also look forward to long Saturday morning dates with my hubby, hot apple cider, and good books! But until those Saturdays arrive, I will continue to enjoy my evening reads by/in the pool!
We had two friends (unintentionally) schedule their weddings on back to back weekends in North Carolina. We certainly didn't complain about that! Our trip included two weddings, the mountains and the beach, three states, three hotel rooms, a Home Away condo, my in law's, immediate and extended family from both sides of the family and some time to ourselves. Needless to say, I packed lots.
One of the things I always do when planning for the month ahead is jot out what I want my meal schedule to look like and I have found it to be surprisingly helpful. I am sharing this Monthly Meal Planning Printable with you in hopes that it will make life a bit easier for you too!
For this month's post of reads, I am linking up with Modern Mrs. Darcy for her Quick Lit. Check out what she's been reading as well as what books other bloggers are enjoying!
There's a part of me that feels like July kidnapped me and there was no coming back, and then there's another part of me that feels like a jumped headfirst into the warm ocean waters of July and let them carry me away.
Between blogs, podcasts, tv shows, conversations, and books, I take in lots of information every day. As I take it in and process through it, I am almost always contemplating what I want to share with you! Here are a few of the things I'm loving right now... and a few thoughts as well!
I talk a lot about loving the small things, fresh flowers, a cup of tea, a good book, a mental snapshot of a lovely evening with my husband that I want to treasure forever. In the same way that small moments fuel living, big dreams, and wide smiles, small changes can have a significant impact on every day living. I call these small changes and fine tunings "tweaks."
Have you ever experienced a perfect synchronization of randomness? We tend to refer to these moments with comment like "It's such a small world!" or "Well isn't that a coincidence!". My favorite coincidental moments are with books.
May was a busier month than I expected. Somehow, I think I must have perfected the "read while you wait" move because in the midst of all of the busyness, I read eleven books and abandoned one.
The ability to create my own system with someone else's bare bones structure is the perfect fit for my organizing needs.
I don't usually take significant chunks of down time, usually I plow right through until I crash. Lately, however, there has been a recurring instruction in my time in the Word, in sermons, and in books: REST. SABBATH. Allow yourself to be restored.
One day I was sitting on the couch with my hubby and I lost an earring back to the recesses of the couch. Somehow or another, I was down to TWO earring backs for about six pairs of studs.
We had lots of talk about rain here in Austin during the month of April. There was even the discussed possibility that we might need to open the floodgates of one of our local dams for the first time in nine years.
From around the time I was fourteen, I have started almost every morning with a giant mug of black tea with two teaspoons of sugar and a splash of two percent milk.