I Wore the Blood:Water Belt!

Pin itI’m not usually a belt-wearer.  I used to be… before I had my children. But these days I spend more energy drawing attention away from my waistline! When I heard about a special belt that was making it’s way throughout the country to raise funds for the Blood:Water Mission, I just HAD to participate! [...]

The Blissdom Recaps I Wish I’d Written

Pin itI’m not very good at conference recaps. I have all these ideas swimming around in my head during conferences. I take notes, even. But somehow, when I get back the rush of daily responsibilities, plus the piled up work I didn’t get to while I was gone choke out my ability to type out [...]

How Do you Encourage Your Kids?

Pin itAt the BlissDom Conference this year, Hallmark asked bloggers how we encourage our kids. Sarah Mueller, a writer for Hallmark, interviewed me at the conference as I chose a card from the new kids’ collection. In the video, I explain how I encourage each one of my children differently, according to their uniqueness.  Each [...]

Operation Christmas Child Blissdom Shoebox Report (and a cute video)

Pin itDo you know what the letters OCC stand for? If you’ve read my blog a lot, lately, you do. But I decided to put some bloggers at the Blissdom Conference in Nashville to the test. I think you’re going to love this video- a sort of “man on the street” segment about the abreiviation [...]

Conferences Put the “Social” in Social Media

Pin itThe Blissdom Conference is right around the corner!  I am so excited to see all my online friends again in real life! I am also excited to be sponsored by Operation Christmas Child! According to AdWeek: Facebook friendships may improve real friendships, according to new research. Findings released in a Euro RSCG-commissioned white paper [...]