Happy, happy, happy weekend!
Come along with us here because who doesn’t need a bit of good news?

Let yourself smile, be crazy inspired, laugh, love & really live the gift of this life
just a little bit more this weekend
Serving up only the Good Stuff for you & your people right here:


Esther Havens – Photographer
Esther Havens – Photographer
Esther Havens – Photographer
Esther Havens – Photographer
Esther Havens – Photographer

oh the joy! simply contagious, isn’t it?


The wonder! The glory! Simply awe-struck by this Yosemite phenomenon.
“Let the fire fall” — do NOT want to miss this one!


a reminder we all need over and over and over…


Loving the poor through Christlike love–really great article on rethinking and loving like Jesus


If you’re a mama with babies still home, or a grandmas with grandkids… it’s a really beautiful perspective. It’s the start of a beautiful love story.


Now this is just plain smile-worthy


“I’ve counted all my reasons
They just keep adding up
I can’t afford to hold back
The sum of all my love…
You are worthy
Most worthy”


Post Of The Week From Around These Parts

18 Summers? How To Slow Down Time & Even Now, How To Have More Time Than You Think

This is the only, only way to slow time and make the most of every single moment you get with your precious babies:


This is just the happiest thing I’ve seen all week! To bring a smile to you and yours!


oh oh oh!! why this teacher keeps an empty chair in his classroom and this is the most powerful symbol! Thank you brave teacher!


5 year old girl gets adopted by family that fostered her for thousands of days. What a gift!


We need a different narrative, a shift in our perspective of motherhood.
“Many of our taglines overemphasize the pain of motherhood to the exclusion of the delight.”
And this just might change everything.


here’s to embracing risking and failing


Take a moment with this one– a poem about the beauty of a mother’s love for her child


Some great tips on prayer when it feels like you’re just talking to the ceiling.
How to pray—for people who don’t.


grace upon grace upon grace


How to Not Waste Your One Life, But Make the Most of the Time You’ve Got Right Now: Do This (Part 2)

None of us want to waste our time. We all want to live with deep intention. But how do we really do that?

And we’ve had more than our fair share of life milestones this past month and I can’t stop revisiting this time last summer when words on a faraway mountainside gravestone marked me deeply. And this… this is how to really live:


Glory, glory, glory! This is just what my soul needed…


This song on repeat — He is more than able
“You are more than able
You are more than able
Who am I to deny what the Lord can do

Can you imagine with all of the faith in the room
What the Lord can do?”


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…just for today — DO. NOT. WORRY.

“Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.” Matt6:34 MSG

Just for today: Be a prayer warrior—not a panicked worrier.

Worry is just the facade of taking action — when prayer really is.


That’s all for this weekend, friends.

Go slow. Be God-struck. Grant grace. Live Truth.

Give Thanks. Love well. Re – joy, re- joy, ‘re- joys’ again

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