Book Review: Frankenstein

Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels.com Hi friends! I hope your month of June is off to a wonderful start! I have been reading so many exceptional novels recently, but I wanted to share my thoughts, what surprised me, and also dislikes about one novel in particular in my first book review on this blog! …

Shower Thoughts: Be Thou My Vision

I think my most amazing thoughts, generate my best plans, and collect my scattered brain best in two places- or rather, doing two things. The first is when I am mowing our yard. Maybe it's the repetitive motion of going back and forth, back and forth. Maybe it's seeing the progress, the results in a …

today is a good day for a good day.

I hope y'all are doing well during this time of quarantine and stay at home! Ever since I heard the quote, "Today is a good day for a good day," I have loved it. Today, you choose. You choose to have joy-or moodiness. To be kind- or impatient. To love your (closer than usual!) family. …

The Mark Of Maturity

Feelings- good or bad, positive or negative- can get in the way of a lot. When I feel a certain way, (and I feel a lot of ways, y'all) it can change or alter the way I will act in that moment, or quite potentially the way things will be for years and years to …

a poem for the end of summer

for awhile now darling you've been rushing on the highs of this life and while there is no wrong in enjoying the splendor of God's creation and reveling in beautiful moments spent with the people you love don't fear the silence. don't fear the times when you are quite alone because your Father is in …

tuesday thoughts//

when you see the sand, may you remember that God's thoughts are as such for you. when you see the sparkling sea, may you remember that it reflects the mighty creativity of the King. when you see the stars, may they remind you of how every one of God's promises are true. when we see …

Thanksgiving Musings//

I do not really know what inspired the writing below. It was Thanksgiving morning-- amazing smells were already wafting upstairs into my room. I was comfortably settled in my fuzzy chair, Bible and journal in hand. I just started writing with the theme of "Let us be honest with God." So many people these days …

Second Quarantine//

As I write this, my older sister occupies a room down the hall. Occasionally she coughs, sometimes she pops her head in my room, but usually she stays put. Ever since she tested positive for COVID and came home from university to quarantine, the mood around our house has been a different one. A chill, …

A {Hopeful} Hiatus

Hi friends! It has been a hot minute since I posted anything on here. It was the last day of August when I wrote my latest Shower Thoughts post. That seems so very long ago that it is almost unreal, when in fact it was only about seven weeks ago. A major event occurred in …

Shower Thoughts 2: Tell It to Jesus

There is an old hymn that is titled, Tell It to Jesus. It was written by Edmund S. Lorenz way back in 1876. The lyrics to the four verses and chorus go like this: Are you weary, are you heavy-laden?Tell it to Jesus,Tell it to Jesus;Are you grieving over joys departed?Tell it to Jesus alone. …

Seizing the Opportunity: Gospel Conversations

Hello Friends! I have been gone for awhile, due in part to that I was on vacation for a week! I plan to write a post about the amazing time that my family and I had while on vacation. We had a precious and refreshing time that was a blast, and may I add, an …

Prayer to Jesus

Dear Savior, here are my simple days. You know and have seen my anxieties- my sleepless nights- my strained breathing. Today I hand over the darkest parts of my heart. I know that You can give them rebirth. Dear Jesus, I desire to only be truly forever in love with You. Savior, You are too …

After God’s Own Heart

It seems everyone on this planet has grown used to having their heart beaten up, bruised, and broken. It's only normal for someone to have been let down a time or two- some more than others. Hearts may have been slashed, but more than a few on this earth have been stabbed. Stabbed by circumstances …

Life Update: June + July

Hi friends! For the latter part of June and for these first few days of July, I have taken a hiatus of sorts from blogging. One of the reasons for this was that my family and I were super busy with events that I'll tell you about in this post! Another reason was that I …