Faith, Letters to my girls

The Joyful Pessimist

I am a pessimist. I don't love being a pessimist but I have embraced the fact that I am one. I tend to look at life and see what could go wrong. When people ask how we are doing, my first reaction is to tell them the negative things going on in our lives. It's… Continue reading The Joyful Pessimist

Letters to my girls, Momma, Parenting

Give me 5!

You know how it's hard to see things clearly sometimes, when you're too close?  Those are the times we need a perspective change. Kids,  as well as adults,  need reminders that sometimes our circumstances are not as bad as we are making them out to be.   An "attitude of gratitude" is needed. I've started a… Continue reading Give me 5!

Faith, Letters to my girls, Momma

Smile from the Heart

"Smile from the Heart." My very own, made up by myself, true to my life, MOTTO. Ok, so it doesn't sound like I could have made it up on my own, but I did. Maybe someone, some where out there in the big wide world said it first, but I had never heard it before… Continue reading Smile from the Heart

Letters to my girls

I Will Be A Difference Maker

I don't know how many times people have said to me, "You always have a smile on your face.". It took probably 100 people to tell me until I finally realized that I must have a smile on my face all the time. I am a "wear your heart on your sleeve" kind of girl.… Continue reading I Will Be A Difference Maker