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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.
Food wouldn’t be the same without some awesome sauces. Life isn’t as enjoyable without the sauce of finding community. Finding Community is “Awesome Sauce” We have some awesome “sauce” to share today. It’s a sauce that’s like adding gravy to mashed potatoes. It absolutely adds the finishing touch. Mashed potatoes are yummy all by themselves,…
‘Ink Re-Cap 163. Random Sketches and Scribbles about sneak peeks, roadkill, and a mad fabric search. A Mad Fabric Search So we’re still talking wedding here. And the lack of something to wear. Like a dress to suit the occasion, when nothing appeals? And since I sew all my dresses, the real concern here…
See With Your Heart and become what your heart knows. Quiet your mind. Turn to Truth… to God. Listen to what you hear when you become still. This little girl is more than a painting. I have painted her so many times, in so many poses, and on so many different things, that she…
Today’s How-To is a Butterfly painted in shimmer watercolor paint dressed up with pearls. Then the cut-out beauty is mounted to a greeting card or on wood for Spring Decor. I love my sisters, all 6 of them. And I’m looking forward to seeing them in a few weeks. With our 3 brothers. Reunion time!…
‘Ink Re-Cap 162. Random Sketches and Scribbles about meeting a VIP, senior moments, and black lights. VIP Night This evening we met a Very Important Person. Our future sister-in-law. I think I told you about printing their wedding invitations? Well, I had never seen her in person. Never talked to her face to face….
Why do we need 7 Tips to Help Overcome Jealousy towards Women Peers? Because jealousy is an all-consuming fire that destroys beautiful relationships and worse yet, prevents sister-friendships from happening at all. So you’ve scored an outfit you truly are pleased to wear. It’s hanging in the closet, waiting for that special event. The…
Our Favorite Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe is just right: tangy, yet velvety smooth and creamy. Making pie is the best way to manage lemon drops. Life 101 tip: When life hands you lemons, make lemon pie. In spring we get lemon drops. Lemons fall from our tree, covering the ground with a carpet…
‘Ink Re-Cap 161. Random Sketches and Scribbles about a New Year, a new roof and good-old-time family gatherings. New Roof As we speak, my hard-working husband is above me, scraping and prepping for a new leak-free New Year. He has worked so hard taking off the tile, removing rolled roofing, replacing with new, then…
The New Year is peeking through the wreathed and garlanded doorways. It’s sneaking up on us through the candles and the greenery and the scent of baking cookies. Very, very soon now, we’ll turn that calendar page from this year to a brand New Year. Am I ready for it? What are my intentions…
There are times when a special book comes along. A book like “1000 Gifts.” The book that inspires you to take another look at your life. And then you find the strength to begin a personal challenge. One that may be long overdue. A 1000 gifts personal challenge to be more thankful. To fight for…
Our Merry Christmas Message to you and yours in 2021! It’s Christmas Morning! The best morning of the year. It’s the morning we celebrate the birth of the Most Important Person in our lives. The morning we take time to sit down and read 50 personal messages on our screens, from the most…
‘Ink Re-Cap 160. Random Sketches and Scribbles about Hollywood Christmas Programs, Miss Future Farmerette, and how to be a Wiseman. The last two nights I’ve awoke at 3:30 and thought it was time to get up. I was pumped and ready to flow at full gpm. (I think that’s gallons per minute.) Anyway, who…