The Lord sent sweet Retha my way back in November while in Nashville at the Business Boutique. Her unforgettable testimony is no doubt proof of God’s amazing grace. I invite you to get to know my new-found friend by visiting her website rethanichole dot com or better yet by subscribing to her podcast @My Light Still…
We barricaded the living room entry with a recliner. Determined to have some post-holiday, HAPPY NEW YEAR-adult conversation with our friends. They have four children, and currently, we have four children who bring us to a ROARING 8 when we are together which is anything but calm but oh-so-necessary. Surely we aren’t the only parents who have…
The dam broke & my mind raced back to the night of that heated exchange. I was standing at the foot of their bedroom steps in the midst of a teenage tantrum. The summer air was suffocating in more ways than one. His words spoken through gritted teeth, ringing in my ear, “You’re…
It’s May. Need I say more? How ya holding up? Have you and your crew wrapped school? Are you attending graduation(s)? Recitals? End-of-the-year-this-end-of-the-year-that? Gifting out the wah-zoo? And lest we forget decoration, for all the Southerners out there! WHEW!!!!! How about we press pause on May, take a deep breath and play…
I wish I weren’t so scared so often. How about you? Are you a chicken? Jason and I were at the barn the other day. He was milking Rosie. I was talking. (I know, surprise!) When ALL of the chickens started, SQUAWKING & scurrying for cover!!! J spotted the culprit just…
Y’all, the NEW SITE is almost done and by almost I mean like ALMOST DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m excited and use lots of ALL CAPS as well as inappropriate punctuation when I GET EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!! Soon we will be bidding farewell to the too-long-gosh-there-are-so-many-letters-did-I-spell-it correctly- blessingsbeyondthebarnyard dot com. Which, by the way, is a name that will always be special to…