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Packing Up Toddlerhood

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In today's bigger-is-better mindset, who moves to a home that's smaller by choice? We do. Call us crazy, but contrary to my innermost desires, our next house is smaller than our first pre-twins house! Mind you, the woman within me really wants an office, a play room, and a room just for scrapbooking. Did I get all of that with the house we just chose? Did I get ANY of that? No. Nada. Zippo. Zilch. Instead, I got a single bedroom for each of us, one living room, one dining room, a tiny little ... VIEW POST

God in a Box

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Do you ever put God in a box? Think of him as just this way or that way, not fully comprehending the many roles he plays in our lives? I have been in the midst of not-quite-chaos-but-so-close-to-it-it's-not-funny for so long! In a constant state of questioning God's provision, and my role in my family. It took a long time - at least the past year - to truly discover what my role and place is but when I did make that discovery it wasn't what anyone else could tell me... I treasured their advice, ... VIEW POST

What a Difference a Year (Or Three Makes) – TN Valley Moms Network

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This week I'm featured as a guest writer on Tennessee Valley Moms Network.You know, as parents sometimes even WE have to grow up. Check that post out here: http://tnvmomsnetwork.com/?p=2022 XOXO, Karen Note: This site is under new ownership and no longer receives new traffic. In the event the site is taken down one day, (and because it takes about 10 minutes to load, and I know your time is more precious than that) I have moved the original post here. What a Difference a ... VIEW POST

(When) You Get What You Pray For…

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I have prayed for this moment for at least 5 years. Ever since we left what I like to call our first home church in Alabama, that was right around the corner from our house in the country, to join another church family 15 minutes up the road. See, we lived in a small town, and the new church was about two towns over. Being a transplant from the north, I never had the huge network of friends that so many others around here have. So my prayer for my children was that they would have that. That ... VIEW POST