Psalm 16 A prayer[a] of David. 1 Protect me, God, for the only safety I know is found in the moments I seek You. 2 I told You, Eternal One, “You are my Lord, for the only good I know in this world is found in You alone.” 3 The beauty of faith-filled people encompasses me. They are true,…
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Em-Burrusing
Buttermilk fried chicken. Truffle fries. Calamari. Fried Green Tomatoes. Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp Crepes. Coconut Cream Pie. Loaded Nachos. Steak Caesar sandwich. Three restaurants in two days. I can explain! Saturday Ash Cap and I went to Homemades By Suzanne to get a delicious, down-home lunch one last time before she moves to Africa. Saturday night my…
Friday Favorites and a Giveaway!
When my best friend Julie started talking to me about Essential Oils, I was skeptical to say the least. She claimed they worked for headaches, colds, nausea, indigestion, that time of the month, sleeplessness, hot flashes, kidney stones, and basically anything that wasn’t a severed limb. The DoTerra oils were also Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade,…
Gratefulness: One Girl’s Response to Anxiety
Things I am grateful for today: 1.Coming up with a post about gratefulness when what I really wanted to write about was how the whole no sex before marriage thing ruins my dating life. 2. The acceptability of yoga pants in public. Every now and then, it’s nice to be super cash. Yoga pants and…
Unforgettable
What has God forgotten to do in your life? There must be something. Are you waiting to get married, get pregnant, get a promotion, win the lottery, or get your adopted kids from the Congo? What is the prayer, the one desire that causes a little ache in your heart whenever you think about it?…
New York Girl’s Trip
The Ashleys and I did New York this past weekend. Actually, we left Wednesday night and got to Long Island around 1 a.m. The trip up was a boisterous combination of Justin Bieber and Five-Hour Energy. The miles flew by, even though AshCap’s GPS looped us in more circles than NASCAR. Thursday The Ashleys headed…
10 Worst things About Coming Home After Vacation
It’s hard to come back from vacation. Here are my top ten least favorite things about coming home after a break: 10. Traveling. Airports stress me out a little. What if someone’s slipped black market heroin into my bag when I was in line for Cinnabon and they won’t let me back into the country?…
Fuggedaboudit
Big Apple, here we come! Tonight Ashley, Ashley and I leave for New York. That wasn’t a typo, I just have lot of friends who were born in the mid-eighties. For clarification, we’ll call the blonde one AshCap. The three of us wanted one last big girl’s weekend before Ash Cap heads off to Africa…
Simplicity
Reading a nutrition label can be depressing. Calories and fat aside, most of this stuff is crap! Even so-called “health” food is over-processed and full of unpronounceable ingredients. It is not surprising how many people, while “well-nourished”, develop debilitating diseases such as cancer and fibromyalgia. We are eating fake food and our bodies don’t know…
Get a Corn Dog. Or don’t. Up to you.
Life would be exponentially easier if someone would just hand us a map. We should have a full color guide to our adventure, similar to the ones they hand out at the entrance to Busch Gardens. We could pick out the best places to go, avoid the ones that make us throw up, and plan…
Living Well 