When I was in my early twenties I challenged my self to not eat meat for an entire day. Well obviously that's not much of a chall...

A few years back as I was catching up with an old college friend and his wife, they kept telling me that they were now living simply...

For my summer vacation read I picked up the best selling book The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. I felt a little silly a first r...

Praying before meals in something that rarely happens in this house.  It's pretty much limited to Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas...

I do believe that since we have all spent the week glued to CNN,  that the above quote is really truly enough said. Be Grateful ...

What would happen if tomorrow you woke up, and all you had were the things that you were thankful for today? What would be left? ...

So, I decided that Thankful Thursday was going to be a bit of a change this week.  Instead of my super insightful words of wisdom random r...

(source) After coming off of my funk from missing my best friend and NYC combined with the punch in the gut news that I received in th...

As I sit here at the crack of dawn, blurry eyed and not quite awake, I can't help but watch those around me.  Everyone here is ...

(source) Today,  on a lovely play date with some of our best friends, I witnessed something that really shook me. As we were ...

(source) Do you ever just pause. Stop everything. Close your eyes, stand still, and just...  be? In a world where we are ch...

Today's Thankful Thursday has no cute quote reminding us that we should show gratitude or try to be better human beings....it's simp...

(source) Today was one of those days.  I felt it in my bones.  My joints ached before ever making myself vertical out of my bed.  Get...

Sharing happiness...now there is a novel idea.   We are currently neck deep in political propaganda and slander.  You can't turn ...

How often do you stop to take in the majesty of our planet? Like really stop, reflect, and take it all in. One week ago today, it all hit ...

(source) "life is full of little pleasures", and playing in the rain is one of my new favorites. i was so excited for our ...

(source) ok, here it is, i have skirted this issue for quiet some time now. for what reasons, i am not sure. it's no secret that i ...

(source) go to the grocery store and find the sugar aisle.  now go ahead and take out your calculator because you are going to need i...

(source) this little quote is coming into my life on a day that i really need it. it's funny how those things happen.   i a...