Christmas stuff was piled everywhere. After making cheesy eggs and cinnamon rolls, and serving my brood a feast, all of my children were sprawled out on couches, talking, reading, looking at their phones, while I busily packed up Christmas treasures into boxes--by myself1 

Suddenly, and I don't know where it came from, I sort of burst.

I have always been a young mom.

Young in age and young at heart.

When I would plan birthday parties for my oldest child, I would plan them at a place where I could have fun too.  As a young twenty-something mother, my bones and my back would still allow me to climb to the top of the play area and slide down with my preschooler in my lap.

Later, I was overjoyed when I discovered that my elementary-aged daughter could drink hot chocolate while I sipped coffee and together we poured over magazines in the Barnes and Noble Café.

When she graduated from the sixth grade and I served as a parent chaperone for the evening, I had a good time right along with her when she hit the dance floor.  I thought the kids were laughing with me but maybe in retrospect they were laughing at me.

Young in age and young at heart, I prided myself on being the fun mom.

That was then.

This is now.

Life Intentional: Plan With a Purpose (Free Printables)!!!

Hey guys!! 

Because I am soooo deeply grateful for this community and we are embarking on a New Year together, I wanted to create something that would be a blessing for you!

I am so excited to offer this brand new packet of FREE printables to help you organize your daily and weekly plans, household chores, parenting, marriage and more!

"Everyone needs beauty as well as bread." -John Muir

 I've been striving for perfect. Without even knowing it really, I've been pinning and magazine clipping and decorating in my own little space for so long, that I've begun to form a picture in my mind of what home should look like, and developed a task sheet for myself of all the cleaning and organizing and purchasing required to make it just so. Its easy to get caught up in the pretty picture of home, and forget about the people there.

But the one thing my dream kitchen really needs is my heart.