Whipped Body Butter
My dear friend made some of this yummy stuff and shared it with me! When I got to the bottom of the jar, I asked for the recipe! It is delectable! Such a wonderful self-care item to have on hand. It smells divine and feels even better. I hope you'll try it! It is...
Tinfoil Dinner {Crock-pot Style}
Make a meat mixture of: 1 pound of hamburger 1/3 cup oatmeal or breadcrumbs handful of green onions 2 eggs 1/4 tsp dry mustard salt and pepper Press into the bottom of the pot. Then add layers of veggies: -onions and mushrooms -carrots and potatoes -green pepper,...
Make Today Count
I have a little flowering perennial shrub that gets ready all summer to bloom in the fall. I just checked it; it's not ready yet! That means a few more weeks of summer and I want to get as much sun and sky flowers and soil and vegetables and herbs as I can with the...
Let It Go
I once heard someone say, get really, really good at forgiving. Learn to forgive everyone everything, all the time. Mostly, we need to get far better at forgiving ourselves. If you've made a mistake, regretted something you have said or done, felt inadequate or...
I Don’t Have To
Not only do I not have to, you don't have to either! And that's because we can't! We can't make everything all better for anyone on the planet. And trying to do so is self-defeating and terribly discouraging to everyone else. So why do we try? Because we have...
Take Care
"There is a place in our hearts that will put us on the right course with people and ourselves. That place is willingness to make amends, willingness to achieve healing in our relationships with people, and willingness to find the gift. When we achieve that place,...
Clean Slate
I am amazed at how much energy I get when a space in my house is de-cluttered or cleaned. For instance, if I walk into my laundry room and my sewing counter is stacked with coolers from our cookout and license plates from the car and a pile of mending, I don't have...
Sweet Potato Soup
The short hand version of this recipe is to start with chicken bone broth, homemade if possible; heat up 3-4 Tbs coconut oil and sauté a diced sweet potato, purple onion, regular potatoes, carrots, yellow sweet pepper until tender; add them to the broth and season...
No Defense Needed
Have you ever been in the position of having someone blame you for some event that is now ancient history? Did you feel the need to explain and justify and defend yourself? As we're discussing the rules of validation, this is an important scenario to mention. It is...
Note to Self
I learned something new and enlightening this week. It's about leadership, and could be applied to a family leadership role beautifully. The truth is this: When leading, it isn't as important to know how to direct and lead others as it is important for us to learn to...