Month: December 2011

ever since i can remember i have been a reader. while my brother would get scolded for hiding when chores were supposed to be done. i would be found reading in a corner somewhere dreaming about lands far away. teachers would report to my parents that if i just applied myself i could “really reach…

this christmas was a tad different this year. one. we weren’t in michigan. two. no snow. ( and to the blessings this is a BIG problem). like i’ve said before snow is the blessings love language. okay three out of four of them. most of the day was busy playing games. reading books. trying out…

anyone who knows me knows i am a chan fan. and by chan fan i mean francis chan. he is a pastor. speaker. author and radical servant of Christ. a few years ago i read crazy love and it changed the way i viewed the world. it changed the way i viewed my life. since…

for todays 25 days of kindness act we were super excited about. and by we i mean kaiden. todays task was to bake and bring cookies to our local police and fire department. notice the “bad guys” in the back seat crying. totally realistic. so we set off to deliver these homemade goodies to some…

  when i was 16 my parents announced that we were having another baby. this was by far one of the worst dinner conversations for a self indulged popularity preoccupied teen. believe me. i think i may have actually cried at the announcement. and not tears of joy. more like “ i can’t believe you…

the other night one of my closest friends and i got a much needed chance to just be together. in the craziness of the christmas season it is a moment i crave. to just be. to be with those that make me laugh. make me more of who i am. and call me out to…

this week we started our 25 random acts of kindness….today was “make and take food to the homeless”. this turned out to be one of the best days…the blessings were more than eager to feed others. they made 50 turkey and cheese sandwiches and then put a special note on each of them. we know…

not gonna lie. i did not come up with this idea. this noggin could not come up with anything this week. i have been hit with the mac truck of pneumonia this week and lets just say i would not get the home school award anytime soon. but while laying on the couch hacking up…