This weekend marks the official start of summer along with Father’s Day! Just this past week, our family celebrated my grandson’s graduation from elementary school in New York City. As I was standing at the fence watching his graduation, I got nostalgic. The last year and a half hasn’t been …
Today it’s hot and humid, and we’re having intense thunderstorms. The weather forecast is calling for such storms every day this week. Each day has started out beautifully—blue skies, sunshine, singing birds—the calm before the storm. I love thunderstorms: the sheer force of Mother Nature’s power on display; the moodiness …
June has arrived! How was your first week? Memorial Day weekend is often considered the unofficial start of summer, though here in the Northeast, we were completely washed out and even cold this year! But now June is here, summer is in the air, and I’m excited for its official …
Happy Memorial Day! I’m wishing you a fun and safe long weekend. If you’re in the Northeast, I hope you’ve been enjoying the beautiful weather we’ve been experiencing. Have you ever ended up in a place that wasn’t your original destination? Last Sunday, my husband, Hank, and I decided to …
Thank you for reading and commenting on my blog each week. I love and appreciate the ways in which you encourage and inspire me. Last Saturday, Eva Marie Workshops hosted its first (of hopefully many!) Women’s Mini Retreat. This one-day event was a postponement of a retreat I’d planned for …
For those who celebrated, I hope your Mother’s Day was a day of relaxation and a renewing of your mind, body and spirit. We went to New York City to celebrate with our daughter, Tiffany, and our grandson, Ola. I was excited because we’d planned to go to Central Park, …
I hope you’ve had a great week reconnecting with friends. I think God created us with the desire for relationships and connection. I remember when I was a child, my mom and the neighboring women would connect in community at the clothesline or the fence. They’d talk about their children, …
According to friends.com, friendship is a combination of affection, loyalty, love, respect, and trust. True friendship is when someone knows you better than you know yourself and takes a position in your best interests, particularly in a crisis. Friendship can go beyond just sharing time together and can be long …
This past week, Eva Marie Workshops hosted a socially-distanced, in-person workshop with Susan of Gardens of Grace. The workshop was titled “Beautifully Broken,” and as part of the session, Susan led us through a hands-on creative project in which we assembled and adhered broken pieces of colored tiles onto flower …
Spring has definitely arrived in the Northeast! Flowers are blooming, trees are budding, and birds are singing so loudly that I can hear them with the windows closed. I love it! Time to start thinking about cleaning up my garden, planting flowers and putting down mulch. The first garden ever …
