2023 Word of the Year

It was New Year’s Eve and I had been unable to decide on a word for 2023. I was about ready to give you all together. But then, it came to me. My word. Less. This year, I want less. In a culture (and with a personality) that always thinks more is better, I want

2019 Recap

In the words of Parker McCollum, “it’s been a hell of a year.” Here’s a little recap. {Word of the year} I always like to choose a word to sum up the past 365 days. For 2019, I’m going with survive. In many ways, it feels like that was the biggest accomplishment of the year.

2018…A Verse and a Word

I have been working on my 2018 goals for a couple of weeks and I have struggled. I wanted to find a balance between realistic yet challenging. Fun and important. And given my track record when I do a list of a ton of random ideas over the last two years…well, I needed to change

Best of 2016

Over the next few weeks, I will be sharing my top 10 blog posts (from my prior blog) from 2016 with you.  It may feel like tv right now with all the re-runs for my regular readers…sorry about that! Here’s the official list: The People in Rural America LL’s Birth Story Go Home and Love