It’s time for our monthly book chat! Today’s assortment is about as diverse as it gets: a graphic novel, YA romance, a book on finance, a mystery, a ghost story, and an essay collection. Let’s get to the reviews! Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and… Continue Reading
February may be the shortest month of the year, but this seemingly unassuming month can be fierce, and this year it just about did me in. Between family colds and sleepless nights with the twins, I’ve been struggling to keep it together most days, and have had to be very intentional about choosing joy each… Continue Reading
My Darling Babies, Happy five months (one day early!). My goodness, where is the time going? Here we are at yet another month-iversary, and while it’s hard to believe that you are close to half a year old already, I can barely recognize you two as the tiny newborns we brought home from the hospital… Continue Reading
I’m coming up on my seventh blogiversary in a few months, and while there have been many things to love about blogging, my favorite is the way that it has prompted me to be more reflective—and therefore more intentional—about the world and my experience in it. I heard recently that “experience doesn’t make you wiser;… Continue Reading
“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.” ~ Marcus Aurelius Continue Reading
For as long as I can remember, my mom has been telling me that I “think too much.” She’s not wrong. When it comes to mental aerobics, I’m an Olympics-caliber athlete with the ability to twist the simplest problem or idea into more knots than a Cirque du Soleil contortionist. At times, this proclivity for… Continue Reading
Back today with round two of this month’s Quick Lit reviews. It’s an eclectic mix of thought-provoking nonfiction, love stories, and mystery. Let’s get right to the reviews! The Bromance Book Club, by Lysa Kay Adams: Major League baseball player Gavin Scott had thought he and Thea, his wife of three years, shared a happy… Continue Reading
I’m finally caught up on sharing book reviews, which means that this round-up is made up of books I read in the past month rather than organized by category. I am excited to share these reviews! The Red Tent, by Anita Diament: For years I’ve seen this book popping up on lists of top book… Continue Reading
“As you change the way you think about God and who he is, your value system begins to shift and you adopt the ‘value system of heaven.’ . . . What does God value? God values character over comfort, faith over fear, mercy over judgment, justice over injustice, people over possessions, truth over falsehood, humility… Continue Reading
On our first Valentine’s Day together, Luke and I had only been dating for a little over a month. Still in the lovey-dovey stage of early romance, we used the holiday as an excuse to fulfill every romantic cliché in the book. I baked Luke a batch of his favorite cookies and neatly stacked them… Continue Reading