Truth in the Tinsel {Review}

I can’t tell you how excited I am about this review! I have been wanting to incorporate some Advent traditions/activities/conversations into our family’s Christmas celebrations for awhile now. Last year I tried a set of devotionals a friend gave me. The ideas and everything presented in it were great and sound and based in Scripture (which is the most important …

War Stories

We’ve all heard them
 “I was in hard labor for 96 hours and the epidural didn’t take.” “My baby’s head was the size of a 5 year olds’.” The war stories of womanhood. What is it about childbirth that compels us to tell our story to any and every woman who will listen? You’d think we’d get tired of it; …

Unbridled Joy

We live in a small village in western Ireland – a small village. So small, in fact, that if you blink while driving through it you’ll miss it. We have a small grocery store, an elementary school, a secondary school, some small factories tucked away behind houses, a church and two pubs. That’s it. Whenever we need to shop for …