Years ago, I wrote grants and proposals for my non-profit organization and the most often asked questions were--What is your vision? What are you objectives? What is your plan of action? Thanks to my dad who was always grilling me with these kinds of questions as a child I learned to think this way. I didn't like it as much as a kid, but as an adult, I loved these kinds of questions. In my organization I thrived on putting together proposals for my ideas and plans but it never … [Read more...]
21 Days of Discovering the Heartbeat of Our Home
Not everything involved in cultivating a home is obvious that's what I realized early on in our marriage and I still struggle with it now. I longed for a manual as I racked my brain trying to remember the wonderful things my mother did. She was a dedicated mom and wife so I tried to think through the things that made us strong. Early on I realized that our home is intended to be so much more than the stuff that adorns it. But I always get excited about--decorating! Oddly enough 13 years later … [Read more...]