Happy Monday! This week I am celebrating successes. I completed my first 5K this weekend, and I am thrilled! You see, just two months ago, I couldn’t run more than half a mile without nearly collapsing. However, for some odd reason I had written “Run a 5K” in my 2015 Goals. And you know howRead More
What I’m Reading This Week #30
Each week I share books I’m reading for my Read 100 Challenge, as well as podcasts I’m listening to and links I love from around the blogosphere. I love to get recommendations, so please let me know what you are reading! Books I’m Reading The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale I have beenRead More
Helping Your Child Prepare for Confession
When I was preparing to become an Eastern Orthodox Christian, the idea of confession scared the pants off me! It was so foreign to my experience as a Protestant Christian that I really had no frame of reference from which to understand it. Over the years I have come to realize how much I needRead More
One Simple Secret to Saving More Money
We all would like a bit more money in our savings account, right? Money to pay off our mortgage more quickly. To get out of debt. To take a vacation. To pay for the kids’ college. To be able to retire without living solely on rice and beans for ten years. What’s the secretRead More
Children’s Books That Are Totally Worth Re-reading
C.S. Lewis once said, “The children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.” I wholeheartedly agree! An engaging plot engages any reader, no matter the age. An appealing character appeals to any reader, no matter how old. As a middle school teacher, I mostRead More
