A concept of life in a picture
My husband proposed to me in March 2022, and we quickly decided that 6 months was a long enough engagement. We looked over our work calendars, considered his family's work schedules, and quickly settled on a September date. There was a lot to do and a short period of time to do it all. Now... Continue Reading →
[originally written for The Wealthy Way blog] “Having loads of money doesn’t make you a better person… Spending it smart does.” -Ziad K. Abdelnour From a child’s first paid household chore to the regular income job as an adult, anyone who has earned any amount of money has felt the excitement of new possibilities brought... Continue Reading →
[originally written for The Wealthy Way blog] There’s something to be said about the value of teams and teamwork. Companies stress the importance of it. They run workshops and seminars to ensure their team runs as smoothly as possible. Employers have their employees complete personality assessments to find an even spread of people across their... Continue Reading →
Cast your anxieties upon Him, and you will worship in ways unknown.
Bubbles are a shiny, colorful joy... unless you see them pouring out of the edges of your dishwasher. In 2017, as a 24-year-old who had been living overseas for a year, I thought I had a pretty good handle on my kitchen appliances. I had learned (the hard way) what all the crazy symbols on... Continue Reading →
If you hang out with chickens, you're going to cluck. If you hang out with eagles, you're going to fly. -Steve Mararboli I recently went out walking in local park on the Wisconsin River. While there's usually a variety of wildlife to be seen, for the first time I got to see two bald eagles... Continue Reading →
If you are a Jane Austen fan like myself (and you have also seen every film adaptation of Pride & Prejudice that has ever been made), you will immediately hear Mr. Bennet in your head after seeing this picture. It comes 5 minutes into the 2006 adaptation, and in the scene 4 of 5 daughters... Continue Reading →
"Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing." (1 Thessalonians 5:11) It's no secret or mystery that we as humans were made for community. Even the deepest introvert needs some interaction with other people (just preferably not the exhausting extroverts). There is a part of our souls... Continue Reading →
When we reach our breaking point, it is important to have the right attitude to recover from it.
Square One is place where we are humbled before God and are left asking "What now?"
Life in a Stillshot 