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Encouragement for every season of lifeSummer Date Night Ideas
Looking for some fresh inspiration for date nights this summer? Here are a few ideas: I love architecture and I love history, so I enjoyed getting the book “St. Paul’s Historic Summit Avenue,” written by Ernest R. Sandeen, from my husband for Christmas. One of my...
When You’re In the Middle of It
I look down at the pregnancy test, bracing myself for one line, not two. We’d been trying to get pregnant for several months, and so far, it just wasn’t happening. Today was no different. No doctor would categorize this season in my life as infertility. But right now,...
Becoming a Dreamer, Week 1: Abundant Life
Even though I had been a single mom since (almost) the day I found out I was pregnant until about seven months ago when I married Dale, I have a confession to make . . . I have always HATED the label Single Mom. That one decision I made almost 19 years ago still...
Flourishing In God’s Power
Olivia Puccini is a wife, mom, author, and Missionary. There was a faint knock on the screen door. My mother rolled over in bed and felt herself sink into the depression that had laid her there. Her husband had left her for another woman. At the door waited her...
A Spot in the Sun
I love my front window. It faces the afternoon sun. And although in the summertime it can be unbearably hot, requiring the blinds to be closed most afternoons, during the fall and winter it is a beautiful spot to soak up the sun. On a chilly fall day or blustery cold...
5 Frugal Tips from a Fashion Stylist
The more I run from one event to the next, striving to look fresh and fashionable, the more I stumble upon tricks of the trade. These tips seem so simple, but have saved me time, money, and stress. Recently, I shared a few at the Single Moms Retreat. If you weren’t...
Overcoming — to Flourish
Do you ever feel that it is when God is moving the most in your world that you get hit the hardest? I recently cried out to him that I felt opposition from every side. His words resonated in my spirit: “If the world opposed me, they will oppose you as long as you...
The Roots of Disease
As I continue to study my favorite topics on wellness, fitness, and weight management, I inhale books as fast as I can digest them. I read books by MDs, PhDs, naturopaths, biochemists, nutritionists, personal trainers, and their colleagues on the topics of metabolism,...
Do We Get Along? Relating to Teenagers
Recently my teenager was asked the question, “Do you get along with your parents?” So she asked me, “Do we get along?” Good question! I’ve heard many parents of adult children tell me that there was a time when they didn’t get along with their child, but that it got...
I’m a Control Freak.
When the car lost control on loose gravel, fishtailing wildly only to end with an ominous smoking crash in the ditch, I knew immediately on impact that something was wrong. Hanging suspended from the lap seatbelt in the backseat behind the driver, I felt panicked by...
