This is my birthday week and it's a significant one. There were times I wasn't sure I'd see this age, and every day I'm here, I'm grateful. As I enter into a new era in my personal life, I'm also stepping into a new season of my creativity. I'm still creating animals and still plan [...]
Last night my husband and I arrived home from a week long 20 year anniversary trip to San Diego. I really wasn't sure what to expect. Mahmood, being the researcher that he is, made the final decision. I really didn't care. I wanted to get away and I wanted to be with him! But last [...]
Proverbs 18:16: A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before the great. I feel like often we underestimate the power and the gifts we're given. I think that oftentimes people will talk themselves out of making a step and taking a stand because they devalue what they have. I've been guilty of [...]
My husband and I are creatives. As creatives, we can have big ideas, big dreams, and big hopes. And having a space we could call our own has been one of those dreams. We have wanted a space to show our work, teach classes, have creative meetings, brainstorms...and now here we are! We believe this [...]
My husband and I are creatives. As creatives, we can have big ideas, big dreams, and big hopes. And having a space we could call our own has been one of those dreams. We have wanted a space to show our work, teach classes, have creative meetings, brainstorms...and now here we are! We believe this [...]
I know, I know. I'm long overdue for a blog post. The truth is, life has gotten in the way of itself. Do you ever feel like that? You know lately I've spent so much time all over the place I just needed to stop. Really stop. And ask myself the ever so important question. [...]
My boys had an overnight with their Grandma, so as I write this, things are quite serene. It's hard to have a moment of quiet with 2 boys in a small townhome. It's the season I'm in and most of the time I love it, but I sure am enjoying these hours of peace! Peace. [...]
Let's face it. We spend more time in between than we do in the destination. Waiting on the repair guy. Waiting for the vacation. Waiting for the money to PAY the repair guy. In fact, we can get so caught up in the fact that we are waiting, we forget to breathe. We forget to [...]
If you are like me, every now and then you start to feel down and out about life...measuring your success (or lack thereof) with where you wanted to be at this point in time. As a home school mom I have had countless opportunities to reassess where my children are academically. I'm sure I speak [...]
I'm a get it done kinda person. If a painting isn't finished when I'm ready for it to be, I have to walk away from in for a while, sometimes days. Growing up an American with a microwave and all the general conveniences, I buy into this idea that everything I want or need should [...]
