This past summer, our whole town had a power outage.   The lights went out sometime in the afternoon and the town was without power until after midnight.  It was hot and dark in our beach cottage and out of desperation we took the boys for a drive to try to get them to fall asleep…

I lay my sleeping baby down in his crib.  His long lashes are half moons atop alabaster skin; his body cradled by clean cotton. I think of the Christ child. We are told his first bed was an animal trough.  {Luke 2:7}  The God of the universe, He who designed cashmere and eiderdown and lambswool,…

Are you mothering from the safe embrace of your Shepherd’s arms? Or are you trying to do it all on your own? Are you snuggled close to His heart? Or are you trying to follow your own? For today, keep your eyes fixed on the Shepherd.   What Child is This {Kari Jobe}

Did you have a nice Thanksgiving? We had our first Thanksgiving in our new home in North Carolina. Which was extra special. I cooked for two straight days but wouldn’t have had it any other way!   Dinner Plates: Spode Billingsley Rose Salad Plates: West Elm Place mats and table runner: Pottery Barn Candle holders,…

Brothers on Halloween Night   Mr. Marvelous proposed to me on this mountain-top rock 11 years ago. My boy and his bear. My baby, who is now more boy than baby.