Live With Flair

My youngest–who is actually shy and nervous– decides to record her acts of bravery in her journal.  I love this idea so much! I ask

I’m reading the Harvard research study on the power of rituals, and I recall the very day my husband and I instituted a little ritual

Today I remember something I learned back when I served as a camp counselor for six summers. When dealing with a homesick camper, you have

People ask me this question sometimes, and lately I’ve asked back in response, “Well, how do you have time to eat?” Nobody asks me, “How

Today I remember the beauty of small, humble living. I’m reading Thomas a Kempis’ The Imitation of Christ, and I’m reminded of simple acts of

My friend posts on Facebook about her stealth mission in Walmart. She and her children secretly put googly eyes on various items. Are you laughing?

On a walk early this morning, I spy the biggest tree I’ve ever seen in my life. I literally have to lean way, way back

Today we hike to a waterfall, and I see my very first rattlesnake on the way. I repeat: I walk into a rattlesnake! We stare

I’m reading Ruth Haley Barton’s Longing for More: A Woman’s Path to Spiritual Transformation in Christ. She writes in the introduction that “the whole spiritual

First of all, it wasn’t my house. It was my neighbor’s house: A crowd of us gather after the storm to check in, care for,