05.31.18

Both my girls + McKay's Bookstore = A Good Day Indeed

05.30.18

 My favorite 20-somethings ♡

05.29.18

I am seriously enjoying having these two under the same roof this week!!

05.28.18

Thankful to have time with extended family today...

and for a generous Mom who lets me shop in her closet for seasonal decor. 

05.27.18

Beyond Grateful for Family Time

05.26.18

Looking toward the future and thankful for the One who knows how it will unfold

05.25.18

HOORAY!!! The moment I've been eagerly awaiting for the past seven weeks!!

Welcome HOME, Bessie!! 

Ahhh....my heart!!

05.24.18

12th Avenue South did not disappoint!! 

05.23.18

Thankful for my guy who will drive around in circles for me to find cool wall art!

05.22.18

Happily working with Emma to arrange our last (for now) unorganized space 

...and this finishing touch just makes me smile!

05.21.18

~Fabulous Fun on the Farm with the Francis Family~

05.20.18

Still thinking about the power of LOVE 

and how much I want to love others well

The New Testament says it this way: 

"Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God, and those who love are born of God and know God. Those who do not love do not know God. Why? For God is love." 

There's power in love. There's power in love to help and heal when nothing else can.

There's power in love to lift up and liberate when nothing else will. 

There's power in love to show us the way to live.

Reverend Michael Curry in his royal wedding address for Harry and Meghan

05.19.18

Loved getting to see The Greatest Show in town this weekend!!

05.18.18

 What a JOY to share in my nieces' preschool end of year celebration!!

05.17.18

LOVED starting my day with my girl who was already halfway through her day in Malta!!

05.16.18

Sugarloaf Mountain Park | Ocoee, Tennessee

Very grateful for the gift of time reconnecting with a sweet friend!

Thank you, Suzy for walking and talking for over two hours this morning!!

05.15.18

Thankful for a good day of putting one foot in front of the other!

05.14.18

Site-seeing with my guy

05.13.18

My Mom with the one who made me a Mom ♡

What a gift to get to spend Mother's Day with these two (and some pretty great guys too)!

Blessed beyond measure that's for sure!!!

05.12.18

~Still loving this early morning view~

Brought coffee and bible study to the front porch and was not sad about that one bit 😌

05.11.18

 What a super fun, entertaining evening at The Arts Center!!

I thoroughly enjoyed the fabulous music of September Song, special guest Cody Housley,

and extra special guest, MY DAD killing it on the harmonica!!

05.10.18

"When our hope of home is rooted in an unchangeable God, we are not uprooted, lost, or made homeless by change. We become found ones on the move." So I laughed out loud, cried a pinch, nodded in agreement to every single chapter of this book..and now I'd like Bekah to come hang out on this amazing front porch and please be my friend in real life!

Loved having time to sit outside enjoying the lovely breeze, spectacular view, 

and sound of thunder in the distance as I finished this treasure of a book today. 

05.09.18

 "We'll leave the light on for you" ~ Tom Bodett for Motel 6 

This little light of mine on the front porch makes me smile!! 

And so do the people that came through the front door to share a meal with us tonight!

05.08.18

It's been over 26 years since we've lived close enough to family to just pop by for a visit...

pretty fun catching my Dad hard at work making their yard look great!!

05.07.18

From a friend's post about her #flowersfromgod...

"Today I was thinking how awesome it is that no matter where we go or end up, 

we have the ability to plant something from the past into our present 

while we wait to see it grow in the future."

Yes. A hundred times yes. 

'Cause even good change is hard.

Her words were such an encouragement to my heart that's in transition.

Reminding myself to patiently wait to see what God has planned for such a time as this. 

And I happily found myself smiling a little wider this afternoon 

as my girl and I did some tangible planting of these little beauties!

05.06.18

Grateful for Trew Teamwork after last night's storm took down a tree (or three)

05.05.18

Thankful for fun, new firefly shoes, 

a picnic lunch at the park, 

uncontrollable laughter, 

and a helping hand up to a great, big, giant yellow chair!

05.04.18

Jumping for Joy 'cause we had a day in the city doing city folk kind of things!

05.03.18

Jesus knows the perfect day for a sweet surprise to arrive in my mail ♡

05.02.18

What a happy surprise to find these growing wild in the yard!

Thankful for the timely reminder they provided that the Lord is at work 

making all things beautiful...

sometimes behind the scenes...

 but always in His perfect timing... 

and when we least expect it...

we'll look out and notice a whole GARDEN of His goodness!

05.01.18

 Learning New Things