I absolutely adore my boyfriend’s grandmother. Last fall she turned 80 and his family threw a big birthday party for her. When I got there, Caleb was outside tending to the chickens and so I went over and said hi to Grammie. She hugged me tight around my neck and then grabbed my hand. “Now, Kara Beth, you come here. I got some people I need to introduce you to.” I smiled to myself. Very few people call me “Kara… Read more »
Young Living Premium Starter Kit. If you’re reading this post, you’ve probably heard that phrase. Perhaps you had a friend post about it on Instagram. Maybe you were researching essential oil companies and came across the phrase. When I first was learning about essential oils, I heard the phrase “Premium Starter Kit” thrown around but wasn’t sure what it was. I saw the price tag of $165 and my heart dropped. I wasn’t sure it would be worth it. So… Read more »
Do you ever get bored with your quiet times? I hate to admit this- but I do. Sometimes if I do the same thing over and over each day in my quiet time, I get bored with it and its harder to motivate myself to do it at all. Consistency in meeting with God each day is very important. But why do we think we have to meet the same way every day? For the first two years of dating, my… Read more »
On Saturday, I went to my first ever Rally for Life! I wanted to share that experience with you! I went with my friend Katie. We got to Austin around 12:30ish and walked over to the capital where everyone was rallying. I had to take a picture in front of the capital! I hadn’t been there since a fourth-grade field trip. And I absolutely love my new “Women’s Rights Begin in the Womb” t-shirt! (Affiliate link.) … Read more »
Today is my boyfriend and my third year anniversary! It’s crazy for me to think that it was three whole years ago that I was freaking out, wondering if he would ask me out and what I would do if he didn’t. I shared a bit of our story three years ago when I announced that we were dating. But today I want to share the whole story. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Mostly because I love reflection…. Read more »
I don’t know about you, but I love discovering new two-player board games. My roommate and I love playing board games together. Over the past year that we have lived together, we have slowly gone through my small game collection and played classics such as Clue and Sorry. This Christmas I received some new games that work well for two-players and I was so excited to try them out with my roommate! I wanted to write this post to share… Read more »
I always suffer from a large dose of nostalgia around New Year’s. Can you relate? This year on New Year’s Eve, I grabbed my scrapbooks, settled beneath the Christmas tree, and started flipping through them. After I looked through my 2015 cruise scrapbook and then my 2017 Branson scrapbook, I realized that it would have been so cool if I had taken a big vacation in 2019 and scrapbooked about that- just to keep the pattern of going on a… Read more »
Do you ever have one of those mornings? You know- the ones that make you want to scream and then go back to sleep so you can restart the day? This past Monday was one of those mornings for me. I traveled out of town during the weekend to visit a friend. We had lots of fun, but when I got back into town on Sunday afternoon, I was exhausted! And this exhaustion carried over into Monday morning. Plus, I think I was ready… Read more »
“So what are you doing the rest of this weekend?” My friend Bonnie asked us at her birthday party on Saturday. A few of her guests offered up answers as I sat there wondering if I should say “I’m going to Planned Parenthood to pray tomorrow.” I stayed silent. On Sunday, my church had a luncheon I attended. I sat with two members of my Sunday School class and at one point, one of them asked, “So what do y’all… Read more »
Confession: I book-hop. Meaning, I tend to jump from one book to the next without finishing the first one… only to come back to the first and finish it before I finish the five other books I’ve started. When it comes to the pro-life books on this list, I’m no different. And so to continue my confession, I must admit that I’ve only finished one of the books on this list. I’ve only read through half of the others. But… Read more »
