Everything started here
I started writing on a blog called 29 Lincoln Avenue sixteen years ago. The name for my first blog came from the street address of the home I grew up in a small town in Southern Indiana. I loved the idea of inviting you into my “blog home” every week.
It was through learning to write and create content there (and then here) that I discovered my love for words and my voice as a writer. When I started, Twitter and Facebook were the rage and blogging found a unique place that would be writers (like me) were able to practice publishing more than a handful of words at at time.
Through blogging I started writing books. I am eternally grateful for that opportunity to put something more of my heart in the hands of those who are bookish by nature.
But even with Instagram, youTube, and every other social media option out there—I still love to add a few words here.
And I suspect I always will.
What's In The Bible DVD #5 {giveaway}
What’s in the Bible? is a new DVD series from VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer designed to walk kids and families through the entire Bible. In DVD #5, Buck Denver and cast take us through 1 and 2 Samuel where you meet a would be king, learn about the Trinity, focus...
Multitude Monday
Five years feels like five minutes and I'm thinking that in five more you'll be twenty. I'm so grateful for the chance to be your mommy and to have a front row seat to every moment that flies by. Counting 1,000 Gifts... #770 Your laugh. #771 The way your hair curls on...
Diary of a Preschool Blogger :: Turning off Social Media
I {heart} blogging. It is the first "hobby" I have ever really had. But, I'm a newbie. My friend Stef and I jokingly call ourselves preschool bloggers. I have so much to learn. Maybe someday, I'll feel ready to move up to kindergarten. After all, they say all you...
What I Wore Wednesday
This past week, I had two chances, outside the ordinary jeans and t-shirts to get dressed up. I attended our church's Easter Drama with my oldest daughter on Friday and celebrated 17 years of marriage with my husband on Saturday. Both outfits feature my love for all...
Grace Based Parenting (part 4)
Grace makes room... for them to tell us things about themselves that we might not be excited to hear. Grace makes room for them to voice their doubts and fears. Grace makes room for them to walk with us through adult issues they are struggling with. Grace makes...
Multitude Monday
Counting 1,000 Gifts #762 For the cross #763 For the price paid #764 For dying my death. #765 For finishing it once for all. #766 For giving grace in your moment of anquish. #767 For taking my sorrows and sins far away. #768 For hope. #769 For...
Who makes the moon reflect the sun…
flickr photo by dvs A full moon rises this week as Passover draws near. This moon was hovering over Him as He served the Last Supper and washed dirty feet. I see it as I'm tucking my girls into bed, and I say, "Come and see!" and we gather around the window and gaze...
What I Wore Wednesday
My friend Kimberly bought me a book once called, "All I Need is Jesus and a Good Pair of Jeans." Can I get an amen? I have loved and worn my favorite Gap Essentials Jeans to death. Sadly, they stopped making them! This week, I was able to get my new CAbi...
Grace Based Parenting (part 3)
"God has given parents the responsibility to be gatekeepers of His grace." p. 164 Our goal as parents is to lead our kids to Jesus and imprint His grace upon their hearts. By experiencing it in our homes and through our relationship with them, their hearts will be...
Multitude Monday
Whose to say, where community really happens? Is it here? There? Everywhere...I say, yes. Counting 1,000 Gifts... #750 Mothers of Daughters who cheer for eachother. #751 My Good Morning Girls - fiercely striving to devour God's Word and spur eachother on. #752...