Food Writer. Homemaker. Hostess.
My blog is where most ideas land. I will try to categorize them into recipes, hosting, encouragement, etc. But who knows!
Today would have been my dad’s 66th birthday. This year will be 10 years without him. Some days it seems like 10 days, others it seems like 10 decades. Grief is such a complicated thing, indescribable, really.
Hey y’all, as many of you know… one of my biggest dreams is to write a book. A cookbook full of short stories accompanied by a recipe. Stories of wonderful meals I have made and eaten and heard stories of. Meals I shared with my family growing up. Meals I […]
Ok, that title could sound weird… and of course that picture is weird but I like this message. I think it’s one we all need to hear… especially today.
Let’s talk truth and white bread… two things we really need to know during this time.
Oh, friends, this is new territory for all of us. Let’s talk about what to do when you don’t know what to do.
Sometimes your assignment changes. Without your consent, without your desire.
It’s what we do from there that matters.
Friends, I want you to go away.
And obvi not in the sense of going away from this website or our friendship or any of those things. But I want you to go away. Get away. Take just a teeny tiny bit of time for yourself.
I am not talking about vacation. Don’t start your list of excuses just yet!
At any given time there are at least 4 different lists started in at least 4 different journals in my home or purse or car or phone. I had a gal ask me to dinner a few weeks ago and wanted to know… how I get it all done. This is not the first person who has asked me this. Honestly, it’s not the first person that has asked me this is the past few weeks.
My answer is always the same. Make a list.
It’s funny that the very subject of today’s Sunday Offering is sort of what I modeled this weekly post after… an offering at church. You’ve heard me say the meaning behind the name before… “sometimes you have a lot to give, sometimes you have a little to give and sometimes you don’t even show up to church.”
Well, for me… it has been more of the latter…
It’s cookie time! It’s cookie time! It’s cookie time!
Texan. Food Writer. Home Maker. Hostess. Gatherer. Encourager. Supporter. Believer.