When I began my college career I set out to be an early childhood educator. I actually had a plan. I had a college roommate that was also in education and we would always joke that college was our “Plan B”, our backup plan. “Plan A” was being stay-at- home moms and if that didn't work out we needed something to fall back on. This was what we were doing at college, ensuring that ... Read More »

According to statisticbrain.com, the average Valentine's Day spending is $13.19 Billion dollars for this day. They also report the number of Valentine cards exchanged annually is 180 million and the number of roses produced for Valentine's Day is 196 million. The percentage of consumers who celebrate Valentine's Day is 61.8%. So with Valentine's Day right around the corner ... Read More »

A family walked into a restaurant after the “dinner rush” on Friday night. They had already gone to a different restaurant two different times to get in but the wait was at least an hour. With little kids that was not going to work out. After considering a few different places they finally turned into a small Mexican restaurant. This place too, was packed but tables were ... Read More »

Mommy, Where is Jesus? Where is Jesus? My little girl was shouting as she was running around at Christmas time. We had the manger scene set up but baby Jesus was apparently missing. Do you ever feel like that? Your searching or feeling completely alone and you wonder, where is Jesus? Some major tragedy or disaster strikes your family or your friend or sometimes your entire ... Read More »

Have you ever been stirred awake in the night and all the burdens of life seem to be settling in on you? There are many let downs in this life. Your family will let you down, your job will let you down. Your kids, your spouse, your friends, your hairstylist, the gas station attendant, the waiter, the clerk at the grocery store, your computer, your phone, your cable company, ... Read More »