THE PURGE

I’ve been absent for Joyful Mom!  I’ve been Joyful in other places :-) We have been purging the house.  It didn’t actually start out as a plan.  It wasn’t on the calendar.  It just has sort of “happened.”   Last week my daughter said “I can’t put my clothes away!!!” and I was thinking “no…

31/31 days of honest: the end (and beginning)

I have watched this video by Ann Voskamp–several times. This 22 minute video of a new DVD series sums up where I am right now–with my 31 days, with my blog, and with my life. I want to take my faith to the next level, I want to open my hands fully to the heavens…

30/31 days of Honest: the day my dad died

As I work through the basement more and more, the same question keeps coming up Why, so much stuff–duplicates, enough pans to bake 30 cakes at once (no lie!), enough fabric to make dozens and dozens of quilts, enough yarn to wrap around the world (ok, I didn’t do the math on that but ….