by jamieivey | May 7, 2020 | Etcetera, Family, Recipe
Aaron has been making “Haiti Rice & Beans” (that’s our official name for this dish!) for over a decade now. It started as a way to help our new children, who were born in Haiti, feel welcomed in our home. We wanted to be able to create something that would help...
by jamieivey | Jan 27, 2017 | Parenting
There are some days that your kids come home from school and you can just sense that something is not right with their little hearts. They seem as if there’s something they want to tell you, but they just don’t know how to do it. As if it will hurt all over again to...
by jamieivey | Dec 1, 2016 | Family, Parenting, RRP
Facebook is the best at reminding you about things in your past. As soon as you open up the webpage, there it is staring at you and you have no other option but read what it's telling you. Sometimes what she shows you brings up great memories – a date night with...
by jamieivey | Nov 26, 2016 | Around the Web, Faith, Family
Advent: The arrival of a notable person. Christian Theology = The coming of Christ. The first season of the Christian church year, leading up to Christmas and including the four preceding Sundays. Advent is upon us friends. The time of year when we hopefully slow...
by jamieivey | Oct 4, 2016 | Faith, Parenting
Remember Summer time? Swimming pools. Sun tans. Coke floats at night on the lake. Staying up way too late. Camp. Or are you already so far into school and Fall that things that happened this Summer feel like a lifetime away? To me, it kinda feels like a lifetime away...
by jamieivey | Jul 21, 2016 | Faith, Guest Post, Parenting
The past five years have been a whirlwind of disappointment, sadness, and hurt with bits of joy sprinkled in. Enduring rounds of infertility that left me broken, adoptions that didn’t go through, my husband and I were blessed with spontaneous conception of our...