2018 · August · Life · Life Copes

6 Really Big Reasons Your Story Needs to be Told

I believe we go through things for a reason. I believe that somewhere along our lifeline, God will use our story to encourage, lift up, change, or help someone. The only way that can happen is if we have the courage to share our story. Is it painful to relive it as we tell it? You better believe it is. Think about this, if you don’t share how will anyone know you have empathy for what they are going through? 

2018 · August · Life · Life Copes · Life Laughs · Summer of Fun

3 Simple Criteria for Connecting with Your Teen or Young Adult

Teens and young adults can be tricky when it comes to getting them to do things with you. Through our Summer of Fun I’ve accidentally discovered, they do want to spend time with me, but the rules of engagement have changed and I’m the one who needs to change how I think and how I act in order to get them involved.

2018 · June · Life · Life Laughs · Summer · Summer of Fun

Summer of Fun – Day 5 – Water Balloon Hot Potato (a new take on an old game)

Today’s activity is a new spin on the old game Hot Potato. Do you remember playing that as a kid? I do, too! It’s HOT!  Going swimming or playing with water goes hand in hand with hot. That’s how we came up with this idea for a new twist on an old game. Come on in and see how to play!

2018 · June · Life · Summer · Summer of Fun

Summer of Fun – Day 3 – FREE

Here we are on Day 3 of Summer of Fun. Today has been quite a day. Of course, we rolled our die last night and were all set for what was to take place today, but as often happens, things happened. Know what I mean? After a few detours, we finally made it to our free day. What does a ‘free’ day look like? Well, mostly its everyone choosing what they want to do. Come on in and find out what we did!

2018 · June · Life · Summer · Summer of Fun

Summer of Fun 2018 – Day 1 – Wind Racers

Welcome to day one of Summer of Fun 2018! Wanting to spend quality time is where it all started and for lack of a better name, I simply called it Summer of Fun. It started out as something I wanted to try but quickly turned into a must for all of us. Sometime around April, everyone starts asking when we’re going to create the list and so it begins.

Blogging · February · Getting 2 Know U

Getting to Know- Sandi

Hello friends! I’m glad you made it to another Getting to Know You post. We’ve met some great peeps thus far and I think it’s only going to get better from here. Don’t you? Have you found yourself wanting to visit our Getting to Know You authors and their blogs? I know I’ve increased the…… Continue reading Getting to Know- Sandi