How to Rebuild a Life – Planning a Garden
It has been a busy couple of years. Panic-inducing, crazy-making busy. But this year (my just keep swimming year...) I am trying to figure out how to love my God more, love my husband better, be more present for my kids, live a nourishing life, and grow my...
Unique Ways to Say I Love You on Valentines Day
In Celebrations of Valentines Day, here is one of my most requested articles: Unique Ways to Say I Love You on Valentines Day Today - I want you to leave a Valentine in the comments - Tell me why you love that special person in your life - Declare your love to the...
Making sure your Valentines Day doesn’t stink
Birthdays, Mother's Day, and Valentines Day - the Holy Trinity of potential dooms days... Every other commercial is setting up half the planet's population for a disappointment in less than a week. The overriding theme? If someone doesn't get you bling next Monday,...
The Healthy reason why I didn’t post for a week…
I'm trying to make some big hairy changes in my life. If you've read this blog for any length of time, you know that weight is an issue for me. I go up, I go down. I struggle. But this is my "Just keep swimming" year. I have been seeing a counselor who is helping me...
And the Winner is… Everyone
OK. One of you won more than the others... Heidi Jacobi says: January 23, 2011 at 9:55 pm is the randomly drawn name from all of our WONDERFUL entries for the first every Dory Contest. (I'm so glad that the winner was not picked by who was trying the hardest. I would...
Me and Max
Sorry - it's been a very Kathi-centric week. But this is just too good not to share. You see that guy there, next to me, in the poster? That would be Max Lucado. Yeah. That Max Lucado. (How many Max Lucados do you know?) So if you have ever been one of those moms in a...
Star in Your Own Commercial – Brought to You by Google…
One of the things I love about my publisher, Harvest House, is that I am their own personal lab rat. And trust me, I say that with a lot of affection. When Abby - Harvest's Queen of all Things Social Media - saw this new film maker from Google - creating your own...
The First Ever Dory Award
Ever since I posted about her a couple of weeks ago, I've had Dory on the brain. I've been thinking about her motto, "Just Keep Swimming" when it comes to almost every aspect of my life. My ministry. My marriage. My parenting. My writing. And it seems that some of you...
Disney Update and Mommy Guilt
First off, I have had so much fun reading your comments from Tuesday's blog post - I have had to restrain myself from hopping on to Ebay and ordering everything that you recommended... More on some of your obsessions next week. Now for today. When my blog posts...