Growing up, our family would always travel for the holidays. My family lived in the Bay Area of California and most of our extended family lived in Southern California. So, each holiday, we would load up the Astro mini-van and make the six hour trek down I-5. Back then, as a kid, I had two […]

What’s your Comfort zone? You know, that place where you feel just right? A couple of year ago I took a nine day vacation with my family—my whole family. This was the first time that the in-laws and “out-laws” all traveled together. That’s right…my parents, my hubby’s parents, and the four of us under one […]

A blanket of fog covered the road in front of us as I drove my kiddos to school this morning. As the sunshine was bright behind us, we drove into the cloud—it was dark, hard to see, and there was a stillness that permeated us. In a recent podcast, Andy Stanley said: “Parents are only […]

What did this batch of cornbread muffins remind me about my relationships? A lot. It should be noted that I followed the directions of this recipe to the letter. Every. Single. Step. Executed with utmost effort and care. I measured correctly, set the timer, used my best muffin pan. I even used the convection oven […]

As I spray dry shampoo on my roots for the second day in a row and straighten the ends with my hot iron, I begin to vaguely smell the peppers I grilled for last night’s dinner; a few more sprays of dry shampoo will zap that out—My hair. Will. Look. Perfect. Today! Lotions and potions, […]