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 …
Happy, funny, likeable, loving, kind, energetic, unique, honest, whole, truthful, confident, brave, fearless, creative, caring, positive, encouraging, focused, dreamer, beautiful, forgiven, and inspiring. Do you use these words to describe yourself? Positive, kind words. Do you see the beautiful woman created by God, loved just the way you are when …
I ended the month of March by celebrating my mom’s birthday with beautiful memories and celebrating my 72nd birthday. All birthdays are special, and I love celebrating them. This year wasn’t a milestone, but I guess when you reach a certain age, every birthday is a milestone. Last year, I …
I hope your first week of Spring has been as beautiful as ours–birds singing, flowers blooming, trees budding. Transformation is happening all around us. Everywhere we look, we can see God’s creative hand at work. What does transformation look like for you? Does it scare you or excite you? For …
HAPPY SPRING EVE! Last weekend I was standing at my back door, enjoying my coffee, when I saw my first robin of the season. It was a beautiful sight. Spring is popping up all around us! With the start of the new season, I’ve felt a renewed energy to sew …
