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Life and Inspiration category is our answer to the everyday dilemmas we all face and the wisdom we need to rise above the difficulties.
We know you get that every day of your life you make choices.
We’ve learned that the hard way sometimes, and sometimes, well, we get lucky and the stars align and courage swells and life is good.
We want to share all that with you. Our Life and Inspiration blog posts are to encourage ourselves as much as you. I sometimes go back and read what I’ve written and get all like, “Did I write that? Or did some blessed elf come by and write this for me while I wasn’t paying attention?”
Check out this category to read our reminiscing and pondering and sharing our hearts.
‘Ink Re-Cap 116. We’ve had a fun week. We had something good for newlyweds, vintage recipe lovers, Valentine Card DIYers, and a pet-friends true story. Arizona was good to us this week. We got rain! And they’re predicting more for the weekend. That’s always special news in our low-desert country. In other parts of the…
Twins double the fun! The Family adopted an orphan raccoon every summer. One spring they found two masked fur balls and that was the best year yet! A true read-aloud pet story for littles. Reggie and Rascal Raccoon were born in May. At least, that’s when the Family found them. Two furry “masked” babies,…
Heart Explosion Valentine Card DIY is so easy. Give one to your parents, or all your school BFFs. Bonus: ramp them up to totally awesome with our printable “Sweets” Hearts! This card looks harder to make than it really is, so get your Mom to download the “sweets” hearts card elements →, then follow…
‘Ink Re-cap 115. Coldest night of the winter so far, valentine cards on our work table, blog happenings and inspiring inklings for the weekend. We’ve had a gorgeously “warm” winter so far, with no killing frost. Our bougainvillea and lantana are blooming their little hearts out, while it’s been cool enough for the heavenly…
Diagnosed “best hospital friend?” Be the friend who leaves patients (and staff) happier when you visit. Here’s the cheat sheet on ranking high on the charts of Hospital Visitor Etiquette. Yes, this really is a thing, if you pay attention to what hospitalized friends say. Some visitors leave the patient relaxed and smiling when…
‘Ink Re-cap 114. Family loss, Christmas, New Year 2021, blog happenings and inspiring inklings for the weekend. Capping the pen and wrapping up this blog week and Holiday happenings we haven’t written about yet. December was different than we could ever have imagined. My mother-in-law was sick the last half of 2020. She steadily…
Children’s New Year’s Resolutions made the Bible Way helps focus on the important thing to remember in the coming days: loving Jesus first. What do you think? Does the Bible teach us how to make New Year’s Resolutions? Lots of people make plans to act better and keep good habits when they start a…
‘Ink Re-cap – Number 113. Family calendar, Christmas cards, cutest plaid flannel for a snuggly dog-bed cover, and more. Wow. The last two weeks threw us a curveball. We were calmly going about our planned activities: filling Christmas card orders and Kim making her Christmas scrapbook pages. Then, wham, bam, family chat slam. My…
Friends Give: A Bible Lesson About Abraham and Lot Abraham kindly takes his orphan nephew along on the big move to a new country. Then Lot, the nephew, selfishly chooses the best land for himself. Friends Give: What the Bible Says About Selfishness The Bible has many stories about giving and the opposite, being…
‘Ink Re-Cap 112; wrapping up the week on the blog plus words and wisdom for your weekend. I love a lazy Saturday morning. No alarm nudging you out of bed, no rushing to get ready for work, coffee dripping comfortingly into the carafe, and, if it was 30 years ago, a fat newspaper to unfold…
I will give you the keys of the kingdom… Matthew 16:19 So I walked into a shop to get my favorite lotion. Near the door, I saw a poster asking for someone to apply for a “keyholder” position. “Hmm,” I pondered as I shopped, “What is a keyholder?” A keyholder would surely be an…
This week’s ‘Ink Re-cap – Number 111! Happenings in our shop(s) and on the blog. Plus inspiring words for your weekend. If you’ve ever worked in retail or at a magazine, you know that we kind of live life 2 or 3 months ahead. That is, as far as products and planning for consumers…