So, as I said in the first post in this series, keeping my place clean and organized has never really been easy for me… except when I lived a minimalist life style in my dorm room at college… hmmm–note to self. In my previous post, I wrote down some reasons why I think I have […]
Author: Erica Morrison
Confessions of a Recovering Messy Mom– Part 1: Excuses and the Truth
So cleaning and organizing have never been my favourite things to do. I hear from some people that cleaning for them is fun, and if that is you, I say: awesome! Clean away 😉 But for a lot of us, these tasks can feel boring, tedious and a bit of a waste of time… […]
Start Planning A Summer to Remember [+ Free “My Intentional Summer” Planner ]
Do you ever look back on a season of your life ..maybe a literal season, like spring 2017 …or maybe a more flexible definition of season, such as your daughter’s first year or your time in college… and wish you had spent the time differently? Maybe you felt that you did a lot of […]
Faith-Building Adventures within our Mundane Routines
What bores you? Here’s a short list for me (although, I could make it longer): going through the mail cleaning vacuuming cooking (at times) …okay, many of the things a stay-at-home mom (or anyone) might be expected to do. I say “might be expected” because I often put them off… …to do “more important” things…or […]
Some of My Favourite Yummy (and Healthy) Recipes
As promised in my previous post about How to Turn Your Eating Habits Around (In Delicious Ways), here is a list of some of my favourite recipes! This isn’t nearly all of them, of course–if I thought long enough, I could probably list a hundred. And I’m always up for trying something new–so I’d love […]
Do You Need More Adventure in Your Life?
Adventure [ad-ven-cher] noun 1. an exciting or very unusual experience. 2. participation in exciting undertakings or enterprises: the spirit of adventure. 3. a bold, usually risky undertaking; hazardous action of uncertain outcome. Do you feel like you need some more adventure in your life? I sure have felt that way, many times in […]
How to Turn Your Eating Habits Around (In Delicious Ways)
Okay, quick related story: My husband mentioned last weekend that I NEEDED to take my car in for an oil change. When driving it, he noticed that the car seemed to be running funny. And when he looked at the sticker date on my front window, he was not impressed to find out that I […]
Are Healthy Habits Really THAT Important?
There are two opposite extremes that we could take concerning our physical health: First, we could focus all our energies on nutrition, exercise, sleep habits and so on, being totally gung-ho about having a healthy body… but not be too concerned with spending time and effort on the health of our spirits. Or […]
Does God Really Want Us to Enjoy Our Lives: Part 2 –Then Why Suffering?
I’ve taken awhile to write this blog post because I think it really is such a hard topic. Suffering is such a difficult thing to understand. It’s also a very sensitive topic because of the current pain you may be going through, as well as the suffering that we know people are experiencing around […]
10 Tips for a Great Morning
(This post contains affiliate links. This just means that if you click on a certain link and decide to buy the product, I’ll receive a portion to help with the running of this blog. You can check out my affiliate policy here.) The way we start our day in the morning can make such […]