It’s been a week when God had given me More than I can handle. Yep, too much. I’m done. I am sure that people mean well when they say “He never gives you more than you can handle”. But that is not the truth. More Earlier this week Mr. Décor’s dear cousin, Shelley, lost her battle with cancer. Then I learned that my mother Nadine’s brother, my Uncle Kit, had suddenly passed away. The very next day I was told my Uncle Bill had passed away. My Uncle Bill was married to ... View the Post
Something More Sundays Week 4
Christmas is almost upon us. Something More Sundays Week 4 Many of us are just done in with the stress and chaos that we now so often associated with Christmas. It can be so overwhelming that the exhausted would happily push right past this holiday. This one day of Santa, retail abundance and resulting meltdowns. Something More Sundays Week 4 But truly this is not Christmas. Not the REAL Christmas. Because Christmas is not just one day. Technically it’s 12. It starts on the 25th and ends ... View the Post
Something More Sundays Week 3
Did you see all the Christmas house tours this week? Completely glorious! Utterly enchanting! I think I may have even worn out my “Pin It” button. But somehow it was not enough to motivate me any further in terms of decorating my own home. I needed Something More Sundays Week 3. Something More Sundays Week 3 You see truthfully, I’ve felt about as broken as this ornament. I was so excited to have a REAL tree this year. We went as a family to go select it, we set it up and the smell was ... View the Post
Something More Sundays Week 2
Welcome to the eighth day of Advent. How is your inner candle on this Something More Sundays Week 2? Burning brightly I hope. Something More Sundays Week 2 Today I have a REALLY good story for you. There was once a time when I was hungry. The Fashionista was a wee babe. My main mode of transportation was a bicycle. I was married to an airman at the time and he was often away in places like Korea and such. There was another woman whose husband was in the same squadron as mine. She ... View the Post
Something More Sundays Week 1
There can be grace in grief we find in Something More Sundays Week 1. The holidays can be doubly difficult if someone has experienced the recent loss of a loved one. Enough tears can be shed to possibly brine a Thanksgiving turkey. I think most of you know that despite my desperate pleas for prayer I did not make it to my grandmother’s side before she passed away. This could be a prime opportunity for guilt in addition to grief. But I have decided not to invite that notion to live and fester ... View the Post
Five Years
Earlier this week, as I painted my son's bedroom, I had a one-sided discussion with my mother, Karen. It was October 8th ~ what would have been her 67th birthday. I told her how I had dropped her grandson off at school then stopped by a bakery and ate a cherry turnover alone in her memory. There were no candles, only a warm heart burning brightly for her. Five Years. In a quiet house, I applied deep aqua to the walls and wondered what had been her favorite color. It is one of the hundreds of ... View the Post
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