Never Have I Ever Done These 28 Things

We all love talking about the things we have done; sometimes it can be just as fun to talk about the things we have not done. Such is the premise of the ...

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28 Things You’ll Want to List Yourself

I am going to let you in on a little secret (that probably isn’t much of a secret for the astute readers among you): these 28-Things posts are some of my favorite ...

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28 Things On Our Christmas Bucket List

In just a few short days we will all be fully immersed in the Holiday Season! (Yes, I know many of you have already been knee-deep in the Holiday Season for weeks ...

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28 Kinda Crummy Things

Last month I launched my fun new “28 Things” series with a list of truly wonderful things. Today, we are taking the series a little darker—which is fitting, given today’s date. (To ...

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28 Wonderful Things

September is proving to be a busy month. (But really, what month isn’t busy in this post-COVID era that has us all overeager to do all the things in our enthusiasm to ...

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An Assortment of Things I Learned in the Summer of ’23

Here’s something to ponder: where do you draw the line for the “end of summer”? Is it when school is back in session? Or when pumpkin spice shows up on the Starbucks ...

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28 Perks of Life in 2023

I have dedicated a lot of brain space (and blogging words) to grieving the ways our world has changed in my lifetime. I hate the moral decline we are witnessing, the elevated ...

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28 Aphorisms to Ponder

As a giant word nerd, I love learning new expressions and terms, and I especially love words that describe other words—like demonym, malapropism, eponym, eggcorn, and (fittingly) logophile. I also have a ...

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Mom Fieldnotes, Lightbulb Moments, Relationship Observations, and Other Things I Learned This Spring

Stagnant. That’s the primary emotion I can identify when I ask myself how I am doing these days. I’m not even sure if stagnant is a true emotion, but it’s the only ...

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28 Deep (and not so deep) Icebreaker Questions

I just wrapped up my first semester of leading a small Bible study at my church. It was a wonderful experience on many levels; one of my favorite tasks each week was ...

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