I’ve been scrambling the past month. When 2013 ended and 2014 started I had big goals. Start a website, blog, podcast, write a book, speak regularly and participate in a Tough Mudder competition were the main things. Oh yes, and lose 40 lbs. And now here we are at the end-ish of 2014 and headed…
read moreToday is a great visit with Theresa Ceniccola. She’s a work-from-home mom and founder of the International Christian Mompreneur Network. I had the privilege of meeting Theresa at The Platform Conference in Colorado Springs last month, and I couldn’t wait to share her with you. I think you’ll really enjoy her practical tips and strategies…
read moreFor those of us in the United States it’s so easy to think and talk about gratitude during the month of November. Facebook posts are full of pithy sayings about being thankful, news coverage included heartwarming stories of appreciation and stereotypically heavy laden church potlucks remind us of the sheer abundance of our lives. Yet…
read moreI’m so happy to share Jacque Watkins with you today. She is a wife, mother (of 5!), nurse, writer, podcaster and all around wonder-woman. And has she got a story for us. If you like stories, then you’ll love today’s episode. Authentic, raw and challenging, you may be inspired to look at your life in…
read moreThe information age has inundated us with…you’ve got it. Information Overload. Some is awesome. Some is irritating. Some is just plain stupid. And sometimes that’s how it us with us. We talk. And talk. And some of it is awesome, some irritating and some downright stupid. In light of the overload most of us constantly…
read moreToday I’m so excited to share my dear Sister-in-Law, Diane Largent with you. She is such a loving, generous and gifted woman. I’m thankful every day for the moment she came into my life over 20 years ago! She also happens to be a long-time social worker in the field of foster and adoption care.…
read moreThis week I get to share about our adoption story. In case you didn’t know, this is National Adoption Month and so I figured what better time to talk about one of my favorite subjects…me! Just kidding. Well, sort of. Actually, it’s the miraculous way our family was formed that I love to talk about.…
read moreToday is a day of thankfulness and it strikes me as appropriate that it fall into our month of thankfulness. Let me keep it simple. THANK YOU to all the veterans who gave their most important resource – their time – to help keep us safe and free. Many gave much more than their time, they…
read moreNovember is national adoption month! I am frequently asked about our family’s adoption story, so I thought I would take this post and give you a shortened version. I’m going to speak at length about this in next week’s podcast, so if you want the longer version, be sure to check back Monday. Enjoy! It was…
read moreI am so excited to get to introduce you to the amazing Courtney DeFeo. She is just a dynamo with a million ideas a minute. The difference between her and some of us is that she actually moves on her ideas! You may know her because of her best selling ABC Scripture Cards, they are…
read moreI’m writing this last post while sitting in the Emergency Room. I’m here because my 89 year old father-in-law was unresponsive, then confused this morning when they got him up at the Veteran’s Home where he lives. I’m waiting while they draw his blood, look inside of him with CT scans, X-rays and then analyze…
read moreOne year ago I was just getting started. The summer of 2013 was when I decided to get back into speaking full time. Little did I imagine the changes I would find, and as I began exploring over the next few months I discovered a new world had evolved in my time “away.” There were…
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