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  • The Ultimate Wish List for Your Entire Pregnancy

    I’ve been pregnant quite a few times over the last 19 years (I can’t believe it’s been that many years!) and have learned that there are some things that my body and baby need from day one. I’ve compiled this… Continue reading

    The Ultimate Wish List for Your Entire Pregnancy
  • Happy St Patrick’s Day with kids and easy Crafts

    St Patrick’s Day Easy Craft Ideas for Holiday parties with kids Continue reading

  • Family Favorite: Lebanese Cauliflower, ground beef & Rice

    Here’s another Lebanese inspired dish that we make once every week or so. My kids request this one. They absolutely love it. We all do. They literally want this dish at least once a week. At this point, you may… Continue reading

    Family Favorite: Lebanese Cauliflower, ground beef & Rice
  • Life After Loss. 3 years in.

    I recently read a description of grief. It illustrated grief in the beginning as a giant ball bouncing around in a very small square. Something we can’t get away from. Every time we move or even breathe, the grief hits… Continue reading

  • My Miracle

    Just by googling it, I found a couple of definitions that struck a chord with me.  Miracle– a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a… Continue reading

  • A New Season

    We’ve been at Church of the Apostles Houston about seven months now…is that right? Time as flown by. We had our first Advent in the church on 14th street, we opened to the public, had our first Christmas Eve service,… Continue reading

  • Getting Caught in the Rain

    I think I could start every blog the same. It might get a little boring. But it would go like this “Today was a crazy day!”  So, I’ll start this one this way and think of something new next time. … Continue reading

  • Good morning, Christmas!

    As I head off to bed in the early hours of Christmas morning, I’m struck my an unusual sense of peace. This moment. Alone. Downstairs. The stockings are full. The presents are wrapped. There is a half-eaten cookie and partially… Continue reading