We’re thrilled to have Myquillyn Smith sharing the secret to great hospitality in this excerpt from her new book, Welcome Home: A Cozy Minimalist Guide to Decorating and Hosting All Year Round (Zondervan). It’s the same in every episode of House Hunters. First comes the not-at-all funny joke about how the wife gets the big…
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (Heb. 4:12 ESV) I winced. Here comes the needle. I’d already been poked earlier that day, and the phlebotomist had had trouble finding…
I saw it in so many eyes, and it made me cringe. Pity. They pitied me, my husband, and our son. They pitied the life we had because it wasn’t normal or typical. They saw how our toddler struggled to (not) walk and (not) talk because of a genetic disorder. My sensitive, overly-raw mama heart,…
Two months ago, I made a promise to myself: this year, I will not fall to pieces and get resentful and weird when the next predictably busy season hits. I will not accuse my basketball-coach husband of loving the sport more than me. I will be patient and supportive, knowing that the season will soon…
Lighten up. Enjoy every moment. Don’t be so serious. None of this is as easy as it sounds. At a recent social gathering, I found myself barely tuning in—not wholly engaging. Instead, I was going over my mental checklist of my next set of responsibilities. I had been doing that a lot—barely engaging in real…
Despite never being one for exercise, my Papaw Delmer has always been on the move. He grew up on a family farm in Appalachia, walking the hills as he completed his chores. Farming helped feed his family. When Papaw hit retirement age, he stopped working at the factory and found more time to spend working…