Journal

#1,295 Stay Close In.

It’s been a fantastic day at home, even though the circumstances are less than ideal. I’m going to be swallowing a pill-sized camera tomorrow so th...

#1,294 Lucy’s Room.

So in just a few short weeks, by the end of August (maybe on my birthday?), Lucy will be here. That’s so hard for me to wrap my brain around. She...

#1,293 C'est La Vie.

It’s been so long since I went to C’est La Vie, the French bakery in Hattiesburg. We don’t often have a reason to make the 30 mile drive to Hattie,...

#1,292 Cooking for Friends.

I’ve realized something today. I don’t enjoy cooking for just Ben and I. Fortunately, we share most every dinner with Jim and Mallorie, but we usua...

#1,291 Brave (A Pep Talk).

Alright, y’all. I’m awake tonight for the first blog in a while. Lately I’ve been just before crashing when it’s time to write, but tonight I’m ali...

#1,290 Sara.

This morning I found a sweet email in my inbox from Sara. She reads this blog every day and is making a trip to Mississippi to do some antiques sho...

#1,289 Cool Snap.

It started out as a muggy, rainy, messy day but by the evening the rain cleared out, a misty haze settled all over the land and the temperature dro...

#1,288 Mark + Friedrich.

Today was the first Sunday for the Andersons at our church. Everyone is LOVING him. And here’s a biggie. Y’all know I sell letterpress wedding i...

#1,287 Shower + Julie’s Party.

When we found out Mal and Jim were expecting, oddly one of the first things I thought about was the fact that she would need a baby shower and I wo...

#1,286 Bikes to the Rusty.

Sorry for the delay on this post, for anyone who might be reading. Our internet was out inexplicably so here I am a day late. Julie and I rode our ...

#1,285 The Andersons.

So before Ben was a youth minister in Laurel, he made the 40 minute drive each day to Oak Grove UMC where Mark Anderson was the preacher. They were...