Imparting Grace

Hello, friends. It's been a long time since I've written anything in this space. It's been a long, hard year at our house, and continuing to show up here just hasn't worked for me. But I've misse...

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Hello, friends! I hope you're having a wonderful July. We're now in the time of high temperatures and high humidity. Funny—I've lived in the Southeast most of my life, but somehow the degree of...

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Hello, friends! How many times have you winced or rolled your eyes when someone said, "The days are long, but the years are short"? Well, that may seem corny, but it seems like 2023 is just getti...

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Hello, friends! How thankful I am to say that today is a very special day in my life. Can you guess? Yes, I was a June bride—38 years ago. It's amazing to me how quickly the years really ...

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Hello, friends!  My goal in life is not to be "busy"—I'd rather cultivate a life of purposeful work and rest than try to be busy. But this past week I've been both! I just arrived home late ...

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Just like that, it's June! Oh, friends, I know that sometimes the days seem to drag on and on. . . but truly, the months fly by so quickly. That's why I am honored to host this little gathering...

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"Whew!" That's the remark I hear most often this time of year. May is a whirlwind month, isn't it? Somehow I thought that after my kids were out of school this time of year would no longer be s...

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Hi, friends! Welcome to the Grace at Home party, where we celebrate all the ways we make our homes places of grace and beauty. This is a special week for me. First, my oldest son turned 32 yest...

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Hello, friends! I'm grateful to be here this morning. The past two weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind in my life, with a long business trip to Colorado and then significant medical appointments...

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Hello, friends, and a blessed Eastertide to you! Our weather here in North Carolina was absolutely dreadful on Good Friday—dark, stormy, rainy, with lots of flash flood warnings. Then on Holy...

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Hello, friends! I'm so glad to welcome you to the Grace at Home party today—a pause to celebrate all the ways we make our homes places of grace and beauty. Here are some links from last week'...

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Hello, friends. I imagine that many of you are like me: heavy-hearted this week after the shooting at Covenant School in Nashville. Every shooting like this is heart-breaking, but this one was es...

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Hello friends! Thank you so much for your kind comments on my 500th Grace at Home party. So many of you mentioned that you still enjoy link parties, so I'm happy to host this one—I love shining...

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Friends! I am so glad to welcome you today. . . and I am astounded that I'm welcoming you to the 500th Grace at Home party! I published the very first Grace at Home party back in March 2012. Wo...

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Hello, friends! I blinked, and it's the second week of March. . . and it's been so warm that my husband and I have been eating some of our meals on our screened porch. Just look at this photo I s...

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Happy March! The calendar doesn't say "Spring" yet, but it's bustin' out all over around here. Just look at the blooms on one of my deciduous magnolia trees: My good friends in Colorado tel...

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Hello, friends! What a momentous week this has been for me. This past weekend I took my son back to his home—he'd lived here with his dad and me for three months, but now he is recovering well ...

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Hi friends! I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day.  I have a confession to make. I've kind of come to wish that Valentine's Day were a holiday just for kids. I fondly remember making mail...

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Greetings, friends!  I hope your week's been a lovely one. Mine started with a bang: We celebrated my husband's 59th birthday on Sunday. He was hospitalized more than once last fall and ...

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Hello friends! Happy February! A friend sent me this message: I laughed but halfway wanted to cry. My January certainly felt like more than four and a half weeks, but we made it!  Thank y...

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Hello, friends! Thank you for all your encouraging comments about my son's surgery. We believe he is making good progress. The post-surgical time was much more difficult than we expected, so we...

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Last Thursday morning, I was in the Surgical Waiting Room at Duke Hospital. My son had surgery on Thursday and is now at home with his dad and me. His surgeon was pleased with the way the procedu...

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Happy New Year! Just like that, 2022 is part of the history books. What a year!  2022 was one of the most challenging years I've ever lived. In some ways the year ended up with a bang. First...

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Friends! It's mid-December! Can you believe how quickly this year has gone by? At times. . . especially during many long nights in the hospital. . . time seemed to drag along this year. And yet...

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Hello friends! I am so grateful to welcome you here for the Grace at Home party, where we celebrate all the ways we make our homes places of grace and beauty. I truly appreciate the many messag...

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