One of my very dearest friends has had a very full few months.  And to top it off, she's been pregnant...which of course is joyous, but also horomonal.  In the midst of the pregnancy, they sold their house...and were buying a new one.  But as buying and selling often go...things don't happen according to plan. And as having a family and babies go also... things often don't go … [Read more...]

Last night I received an alarming email from one of our Allume partners (and now also one of my friends) Kristi Griem, with Freeset.   Here's what it said.... Local Non-Profit Affected By UPS Cargo Plane Crash in Birmingham, AL Freeset USA, a non-profit business, lost over 13,000 bags, with a retail value of $150,000, in this morning’s plane crash in Birmingham, AL. Freeset USA … [Read more...]

We spent the past 2 weekends in the mountains.  And aside from the discovery of bedbug bites upon returning from the cabin (which is a horribly gross and mortifying discovery ...one which will be certainly remedied before we head back in a couple weeks with my dear friend Sarah Mae and her family), we had a fantastic time. I don't get cell service there. Or internet. Which … [Read more...]

Well I have just dropped off the face of the blogging earth here lately huh?! I kept thinking I hadn't blogged in like 3 weeks, but when my friend Sarah Mae  teased me about it on the phone last night, I realized that it has been nearly 6 weeks since I last posted! Oh Mylanta! And the funny thing is that I'm running this little (actually really big) blogging conference … [Read more...]

Restless. I've felt it.  Maybe you've felt it too.  Restless that there MUST be more that I can do, be, gather, and join for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. And tired...tired of the minutiae that divides followers of Christ instead of the magnitude of a cross that joins us. Excited too...because I feel a stirring within my spirit.  A movement that is on the horizon.  And … [Read more...]

I had a moment today that was just too funny not to share. A couple of weeks ago, I used some spray suntan lotion on my eldest son and it gave him a nasty rash.  Said rash has continued to bother him and he has scratched it into an infected mess.  So off we headed today to the pediatrician's office to get it taken care of amidst another day of torrential downpours here. We … [Read more...]

So, I'm at the lake in VA with my dear friend Sarah Mae and our families, and we thought it would be a great opportunity since we're together, to share with you a few reasons that we think you should join us at Allume this October. Here are our Top 5 Reasons you should join us October 24-26th in Greenville, SC for Allume...with a little personality tossed in for good measure. … [Read more...]

I've often found myself wondering how I, just one gal from South Carolina, can make a difference in the globe.  I'd be willing to guess that you've asked yourself the same question too.  And sadly, I think somewhere along the way, I resolved that I wasn't entirely sure that I could do anything myself, but I could at least support missionaries who were...or who seemed to be.  So … [Read more...]

The following excerpt is from a post I wrote back in January when I was in Bangladesh.  And though I live in the US, and these women in Bangladesh...at the end of the day, our mother's hearts are the same whether we're American or Bangladeshi....British or Japanese...Canadian or Russian...Brazilian or African...French or Iraqi.  The thread of motherhood may not look the same, … [Read more...]

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face." - Mike Tyson Some days feel like a punch in the face...or that everyone seems to be trying to punch you in the face. Let's just be honest about that. And a lot of the time, it's not that they are even necessarily intentionally dealing out a jab or a left hook to your jaw...it just feels that way.  Because people … [Read more...]

You must know that the news of the Bangladeshi factory collapse has broken my heart.  I've been thinking on it for the past couple of days and wondering how a people group has ever become so dispensable for the sake of cheap clothes. As most of you know I spent a week in Bangladesh in January with Food for the Hungry.  I logged my journey for you to follow along.  Here are all … [Read more...]

It's funny really....to be planning a blogging conference and to simultaneously struggle with even getting blog posts written.  I mean, I've had a couple here and there, but I tell you what...balance isn't something that gets handed to us on a silver platter is it? So that's what I've been trying to do. Trying to find balance...and realizing that it's not something that's so … [Read more...]

I am so excited to share something with ya'll today! Awhile back I wrote about my dear friend, Sarah Mae's book, Desperate – Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe.   Embarrassingly enough, I hadn't even completely finished reading it myself at that time and hadn't gotten far enough to realize that 3/4 of the way through I'm mentioned in it!  And I have to say... it's fun to … [Read more...]

I haven't posted in a few days, but I have some things...random things, that have been on my mind that really must be shared in no particular order.  So here we go. I joined CrossFit last week.  Southern Moon CrossFit to be exact.  If you live in the Greenville, SC area and want to remember muscles that you'd forgotten even existed, then you should come join me there.  The … [Read more...]

Okay, technically they go on sale Friday at midnight, EST, but every year people get confused and ask, "Friday at midnight, or Thursday night?" It all feels confusing, I know, so have your fingers ready to pounce at 11:59pm Thursday night, because there are only 50 early bird tickets and those babies go FAST. Like, gone in 2 seconds fast. At least that's what's happened the … [Read more...]