Yesterday after work, we drove to the North Carolina mountains to pick a Christmas tree. Not far from the Blue Ridge Parkway is a place called Frosty’s. We are blessed to live so close to the Blue Ridge Mountains and to call North Carolina home. The last three years we’ve found small farms in North Carolina to find our trees.…
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Creative Advent & Christmas Gifts – Family Traditions
Happy Thanksgiving! Can you believe that Advent begins Sunday! Where did 2025 go!? It seems to have flown by in the blink of an eye. It hardly seems like Marty and I have been married for just over a year, that is for sure. We’ve done so many fun, adventurous things in the last year and are looking forward to…
The Healing Power of Dogs: A Tribute to Shadow
When I called Lap of Love on Tuesday, I asked God to give me a sign that I had made the right decision. Today is going to be SO hard, but God has shown all three of us that euthanizing Shadow this afternoon is the right decision. God really showed up. No one wants to make this choice. No one.…
Fairytale Wedding
The last 4 months has flown by. I was busy planning a wedding and rolling out a new client. Good news– I got a promotion at work. SO exciting. Accepted just over a week ago and it was announced last week. God has been so good to me. When I look back at how far I have come in the…
A Baptist Boy and a Catholic Girl
The last two and a half months have been a blur. 3 dogs, 5 cats, 4 kids, and 4 adults in the same house. They closed on their new house yesterday and will be moved in by the weekend. While it has been nice to have the grands here, I am ready to get my house back. It’s been difficult…
Beauty from Ashes
The beauty in life can sometimes be hidden by the trials and tribulations we face. I’ve often said that one cannot know true joy until one has known true suffering or faced trials. God created us to know love and serve Him in this life so that we can be happy with Him in the next. That doesn’t mean He…
My Little Red Bike 