I spent all day today being thankful for one very special blessing: my daughter, Sophie. Today was her 8th birthday and we spent the day playing hooky from church and AWANA. With bellies full of birthday breakfast, we loaded the car & headed to the beach to meet friends. We swam in the ocean, buried kids … More Day 4: Sophie.
This morning there was not enough coffee in the carafe to cope with the amount noise in our house. The TV was on and kids were arguing over whose turn it was to pick the next show. The dog was sitting by the sliding glass door whining to be let out, and 5 minutes later, … More Day 3: Our Noise
This post is part of my Write 31 Days challenge and also the Five-Minute Friday online community that I participate in each Friday. A one-word prompt is given every Friday and we are encouraged to just free-write for 5 minutes and post it to our blogs without over-thinking or editing. If you’d like to participate, … More Day 2: Family: Five-Minute Friday
Some time ago, I unknowingly began a journey that is sure to change my life. It started last November when I found an idea on Pinterest for a “Thankfulness Jar” & every evening we wrote down one or two things that we had been thankful for that day on tiny notecards & left them in … More Day 1: My Journey
Change is hard. Change is scary. And the older I get change feels less like an adventure and more like a chore. Ironically, change is also the cornerstone of this crazy, military life we’ve been living for the past 18 years. Not all change is hard and scary though. My Pinterest boards are proof of … More On Change.
I woke up this morning feeling conflicted. Since the sun is shining, my kids are outside playing, and the house is relatively quiet I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to attempt a therapeutic blog post. Today is no ordinary day in the Crabb Shack. It’s kind of monumental, actually. It’s our oldest son’s … More My Thoughts About 13
Buried in a storage bin somewhere in one of our closets is a box filled with letters. Letters full of encouraging words and Bible verses. Letters full of mundane day-to-day details about the life of a college student engrossed in her studies, her jobs, & her sport. Letters full of “i miss yous” and “i … More MAJOR changes…
No single person that i have ever met loves their birthday more than my mom. She counts down days (& sometimes months) until her special day arrives. She’s giddy when my kids call to sing her “Happy Birthday.” She loves getting presents and cards and candles on cakes and if you throw her a party … More For My Mom
All day i’ve been thinking of what i would write about this evening. I had several thoughts swirling around in my brain and then something happened tonight that trumped any idea my brain could’ve conceived. And i owe it all to an upcoming piano recital & the sweetest 7-year old girl i’ve ever known. This … More Give.
Pen Pals rock! Did you ever have a pen pal as a child? Our 3 youngest children have recently embraced the dying art of letter writing as a means of keeping in touch with some friends who moved several weeks ago. And today they received their first letters in the mail! To say that they … More Pen Pals and Postcards
my anchored life: 