It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Why? Because now through the end of this year you’ll likely receive more greeting cards than you do during the other 9 months combined. While some see that as just more paper for the recycling bin, I see the potential for my[Read more]
I’ve been struggling to find the words to describe what’s going on with me and mine this week, so I gave up the fight and got out the craft supplies. Halloween has arrived at the Bradley abode! Wondering what to do with that old, flat, no-one-will-ever-use-again pillow? Grab a few[Read more]
Long ago and far away (aka married life before kids; heretofore known as MLBK), my husband and I went to see movies. A lot. Blockbusters. Oscar nominees. Old movies shown for one night only at the gitchy little theater on the end of town where all the cool kids live.[Read more]
My family of four – me, my husband, our two sons (then 8 and 5) – is spread out across a pew, waiting for worship to begin. I flip through the pile of papers tucked inside the bulletin, skimming the announcements, while our youngest removes the rubber rings in the[Read more]
Granted, I like pretty things, but, for the most part, the things I display in my home or my office are there because they have a story, come from someone or somewhere in particular, or hold some other kind of meaning for me. Last week, I was given this beautiful[Read more]
Long ago, a friend introduced me to her secret for making progress on any project – do something. She likened anything she tackled to the endless writing assignments she had to plow through in graduate school – when she just couldn’t bring herself to write anything, she’d work on the[Read more]