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A Mother Finds her Way Home

It is an honor to welcome my friend Emily Wierenga to the table today. I loved her first memoir, Atlas Girl, and am excited to read the sequel Making It Home: Finding My Way to Peace, Identity, and Purpose which releases next week. Emily is sharing an excerpt with us today and at the end of the post you’ll find…
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Top 15 Summer Reads

Summer is finally here, homework isn’t a word mentioned around the dinner table, and we’re spending our afternoons at the pool. There are so many great books to read, classics and new books alike, that it’s hard to know where to begin! These 15 books are some of my favorite summer reads, the perfect compliment to an afternoon poolside or a…
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31 Days: A Meal with Jesus

On the banks of the River Liffey sits the oldest independent bookshop in Dublin. The Winding Stair greets strangers, foreigners toting passports from here and there, with welcome and wonder. Small and peculiar, the landmark—named after the Yeats poem— offers an eclectic collection of new and second-hand books to a clientele as diverse as its titles. Downstairs amidst the pages,…
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Books & Such

I believe you can judge a book by it’s cover. I also more than suspect you can gauge much about a person’s life—their passion, pursuits, and priorities from perusing their bookshelves. If we were judging that is. My bookshelves will no doubt cause the Littles to scratch their heads one day. To further the analogy, I’m an open book. I…
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Good Reads

Husband & I are headed way out West today with our soon-to-be eight year old Little for a special birthday weekend. We leave in a few hours and I haven’t started packing…in fact, the suitcase is in the garage and it’s too darn cold to go out there before at least one more cup of coffee. I thought I’d share…
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I'm on a mission to love my neighbors. I put an ordinary picnic table in my front yard, painted it turquoise and invited neighbors, friends, and even strangers to hang out and do life together at the Turquoise Table®.

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82 years young! Happy Birthday Mia- we love you so 82 years young! Happy Birthday Mia- we love you so much! 😍🎉🎂🥳
My people. 🫶 My people. 🫶
Celebrating Sarah! Our final HP graduation 👨🏻‍🎓 👩🏻‍🎓👩‍🎓 👩🏻‍🎓We love you SBS!
Hook ‘em Ellie! We’re so proud of you, our lif Hook ‘em Ellie! We’re so proud of you, our lifelong Longhorn! Congrats on graduation —we love you so much and are so very proud of you! 🧡🤘🏽🧡
Final kindergarten chapel to final senior year cha Final kindergarten chapel to final senior year chapel. So grateful for St Matthew’s and Hyde Park for loving and raising up our four. If you need me I’m the mama crying buckets for the entire month of May as we celebrate two milestone graduations.
This lil nugget is 18! Oh Sarah how we love you! H This lil nugget is 18! Oh Sarah how we love you! Happy Birthday baby girl 💕🎂🥳🎁🎉
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