On the Kind of Friend I Want My Daughter to Have
Last week some friends of mine were talking about their first and second grade daughters, specifically the nitty-gritty of the girls’ friendships. They said their girls will tell them that one day they’re best friends with so-and-so, but the next day they the...
On One Word 2015
I wasn’t sure I’d have a word for this new year. My words had found me by January 1st in 2013 and again in 2014, but this year I was coming up dry. Several swirled around my head but not one settled into my heart. Until last Friday. On Fridays, we like to...
On Fighting Faceless Bullies
This business of sharing your heart online is tricky. In my seven (!!!) years of writing here, there have been a few roadblocks. Things other than time, technology, and topics. Those things are everchanging and rotating, but not new. No, these are roadblocks that...
On What We’ve Welcomed in 2014
We’ve welcomed family & friends into our home new friends into our lives potty training into our days I’ve welcomed a precious baby girl! sweet, smooshy, baby snuggles a bigger jean size and sleepless nights We’ve welcomed new jobs at new...
On the Top Ten of 2014
I kind of love taking a peek back at the years end. The girl who began 2014 is different than the girl who is finishing it stronger, more secure, softer. This place, this sweet virtual picket fence, has been a tool for my iron to be sharpened, for my words to be used...Merry Christmas, from Our Family to Yours!
Christmas blessings to you & yours! Hoping today is a day of joy, good food, family, cookies, rest, happy, and a little snow =) Merry Christmas!
On the Most Wonderful & Difficult Time of the Year
John the Baptist, who was in prison, heard about all the things the Messiah was doing. So he sent his disciples to ask Jesus, “Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else? Matthew 11:2-3 —— It’s Christmas Eve....
On Christmas Cookies: a Recipe Link-Up!
It’s Christmas week!! We’ve got Bing Crosby crooning on vinyl, stopping only to swap him out for Nat King Cole. The stockings are hung by the chimney with care, my favorite candles are lit, and twinkle lights have replaced the nightlight in the kids’...
On This Season of Christmastime
Tis the season, my favorite season, and truth be told I’ve been living it up since October. Maybe even September. But not like I used to think of living it up at Christmastime. In this season of my life, this blessed, busy, overwhelming, wonderful season of my...
On Christmas Coming into Our Real
Sunday morning after a weekend away for Thanksgiving, I was looking forward to going to the first Advent service at our church, which I knew would be decked out with twinkle lights, tall trees, and a manger waiting for its Baby. We’d arrived home late the night...
On the Ways We Display the Word in our Everyday
*affiliate links used below “So commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these words of mine. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are...Meet Anna
Anna E. Rendell: Author, latte lover. Content Marketing Manager at (in)courage by DaySpring. Wife of Jared and mom of four littles. Telling real stories from real life, and encouraging you to find the extra in your ordinary.
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