JULY 2022 UPDATE: I’ve been using this program for 2 years and wrote an updated review. You can read my new review here. Also, The Balanced Life is now Lindywell! New name, same awesome Pilates :) We may be stuck at home during this time, but that doesn’t mean we can’t work out from home! The Balanced Life Sisterhood is the perfect way to do that! But first, let me back up and tell you a story… During the summers I… Read more »

Presently, I am a high school Spanish teacher and I also teach kindergarteners once a week. The other day when I entered a kindergarten classroom, one little five-year-old ran up to me, smiled sweetly, and then exclaimed, “You look fat!” My first reaction was to look down at my clothes, thinking, “Oh no! What am I wearing today?” I saw myself in a pair of navy slacks and a blue shirt with a pale yellow cardigan. An outfit choice I… Read more »

Today’s guest post is by Rhiannon of Whatsoever is Lovely Living I have always loved flowers. My favorites are pink Gerber Daisies. I love how God designed the flower to start off as a tiny seed then with time and the right elements this seed begins to transform into a plant. The plant then grows into a bud and from a bud we see a beautiful flower emerge. This is a lot like what God did in my life. During… Read more »

You are worth more than sparrows

In a small village, there was the custom that whenever a young man wished to marry the girl he was courting, he would offer the family a dowry composed of as many cows as he deemed equal to the worth of the girl.  And in this village, there was a decidedly plain girl. She wasn’t extremely ugly, but she wasn’t beautiful either.  She was completely ordinary. There was nothing special about her. And everyone whispered that this young girl would be worth only one… Read more »