Words are Powerful

When I was on the World Race, I was walking with a friend one day, and I made a comment about having bad knees like my mom does. She told me not to say things like that because my words…

Summer Book Reviews

Unfortunately, summer was not a reading season for me, so my summer book reviews are somewhat lacking. I began a new job at the beginning of June, and now work 5-6 days a week. I don’t have many full off…

How to Cope with Failure

I have said it before, and I will say it again: failure is not bad. In fact, failure is important for our growth as human beings. Growing up, I would avoid failure as much as I could. But today, I…

Spring Book Reviews

Another season passed by, another set of book reviews written.  This was a busier season for me, complete with a job change. I didn’t have quite as much time to read, but I still read some great books. My favorite…

Rooted

“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least-recognized need of the human soul.” -Simone Weil When I see a plant and begin to think of how it relates to a person’s life, the first thing that comes to…

Food and Coffee Feature: May

May is Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, so for my first ever Food and Coffee Feature, I wanted to highlight and celebrate some Asian-owned restaurants and coffee shops in/around Atlanta, Georgia! Wherever you live, show your AAPI community some…

The Next Joanna Gaines

Bonding Over Books My boyfriend (now husband) Trey and I share a love for reading, and it has been one of the things that we have bonded over, especially recently. Around the beginning of the year, we both created lists…

A Plant Lady in the Making

Plants are High Maintenance I never thought I would become a “plant lady”.  I love nature and have always enjoyed being outside. Being around flowers makes my soul happy. Sure, I even like other people’s plants…and in the past have…

Winter Book Reviews

I am an avid reader, and each year I challenge myself to read more books than the year before. This year, I have decided to write a short review of each book I read (or listened to), because I’ve always…

Rest Well to Live Well

To recap: “The Lord has been teaching me about rest and stillness for a long time, bringing it to my attention before I even realized that’s what He was trying to teach me. … Then, in August, I went to…