Why You Need a Personal Mission Statement
A personal mission statement can act as a filter, helping to sift through the noise and focus on what aligns with our core values and beliefs
Inspirational
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 182: Random Sketches and Scribbles
‘Ink Re-Cap 182: Random Sketches and Scribbles New Christmas Designs, Banana Bread Toast, and (not) Finding Fall 2022 Christmas Card Designs Now she brings out the new designs after the contest is over, right??? If you haven’t ordered cards yet, here’s your chance. Remember, anyone who entered the contest can purchase Christmas cards at…
The Endless Winter of Autism: Finally Finding A Diagnosis
The Endless Winter of Autism finally resulted in finding a diagnosis. Please celebrate with us! We couldn’t have made this journey without God, and you, our friends and supporters. This post has been simmering on the back burner of this blog for awhile. I still don’t really know where to take it, but some…
‘Ink Re-Cap 181: Random Sketches and Scribbles
‘Ink Re-Cap 181: Random Sketches and Scribbles Christmas Contest Winner! New York State fall trip plans, and a coup de grâce. 2022 Christmas Card Contest That was so much fun signing up you good people to our contest! So this was the final week to enter our contest to win 30 handmade personalized Christmas…
Water From A Rock: The Great Exodus Lesson 7
The Great Exodus Lesson 7: Water From A Rock.Still traveling in the desert, God’s people are very thirsty.God tells Moses how to get water, enough for all the people to drink. God’s People travel on to the Promised Land. They escaped the Pharaoh, they escaped slavery. God parted the waters of the Red Sea for…
‘Ink Re-Cap 180: Random Sketches and Scribbles
‘Ink Re-Cap 180: Random Sketches and Scribbles Christmas Card contest, Kim’s week away, and coincidences. 2022 Christmas Card Contest That was so much fun signing up you good people to our contest! We’ve still got time… wait for the pop-up, share your email and click “PICK ME!” and we’ll pick one of you to…
Christian Empathy: Unlock The Door To Compassion
Christian Empathy is the key that will unlock the door to kindness and compassion. Don’t miss opportunities to relieve pain in someone’s life. Our friend, Becky Koehn, kindly shared this inspirational essay with us. Becky specializes in kindness: she is an AirBnb hostess with the most-est. Christian Empathy: Unlock the Door…
‘Ink Re-Cap 179: Random Sketches and Scribbles
‘Ink Re-Cap 179: Random Sketches and Scribbles Our Christmas contest, remembering a great queen, and Kim’s vacation. Announcing Our Christmas Contest Last week we said we’d announce a contest this week to spice things up. This is how it works: Just fill in the pop up form, then in 3 weeks – October 1…
‘Ink Re-Cap 178: Random Sketches and Scribbles
‘Ink Re-Cap 178: Random Sketches and Scribbles Announcing a contest, some freebies, and appointment fatigue. September is the Second January That’s what I read in one of the many email newsletters I subscribe to. Maybe Gretchen Rubin. Thistlewood Farms. Ann Voskamp. Or someone else with great thoughts and ideas. I don’t remember. But whoever…
Seller of Purple: A Biblical Study of Wild Generosity
Today’s Friday of Preparation focuses on Lydia, a Seller of Purple: A mini Biblical study of selfless hospitality and wild generosity. One sleepover weekend, the glittles dug through my fabric stash and some glittery knits I bought to make tablecloths caught their eyes. They draped themselves like mermaids, with a wrap here, and a…
‘Ink Re-Cap 177: Random Sketches and Scribbles
‘Ink Re-Cap 177: Random Sketches and Scribbles 4 days at the Little-farm-by-the-river, baby hugs and little boy squishes. A Slow Week on the blog because we had a lovely wedding invitation order and all the energy and time went into making that a great experience for the bride. One of these times we’ll show…
‘Ink Re-Cap 176: Random Sketches and Scribbles
‘Ink Re-Cap 176: Random Sketches and Scribbles More about linen, endless forms, and a little rant about government. We Love Linen Deja vu to you, too? Yep, we’re still hooked on the subject. After all, one of us (or both, who knows?) may have autism, and that means we lock minds on a subject…