Note from Chelsea

I am thrilled to share some exciting news today.  But first, here is the story behind it all… About 7 months ago, I sent a story I had written to an artist I admired.  It was a story about a boy who had found a treasure in his back yard, and his mother using this experience as… {read more}

UPDATE: Read about ONE THING WEDENSDAY in 2016 in this post! You are invited!  ONE THING WEDNESDAY starts tomorrow! What? ONE THING WEDNESDAY is a new Facebook series that will start 26 August 2015. I’m going to post one awesome link at the same time each week that can inspire parents to think and grow, sort of… {read more}

The impending arrival of a new year always inspires me to reflect on what has passed in the recent months and consider where my life is headed. I have a lot of dreams for 2015: some big and some small, some complicated and some incredibly simple.  Instead of merely setting goals and creating a vast “to do” list, however, I… {read more}

Wow what a roller coaster it’s been the past few months. Though I have been slowly re-gaining strength after facing awful morning sickness and anxiety (not to mention exhaustion like I’ve never known before during pregnancy), I was ecstatic to see a healthy baby at our scan at 13 weeks and today we found out we’re having a girl!

Every pregnancy is different.  I really understand that now. When I first looked at the “positive” pregnancy test last month, I was overcome with emotions I never had with my first three pregnancies.  My first two pregnancies were full of excitement and automatic attachment to the little beings growing inside me.  These ended with healthy baby… {read more}

Today marks the one year anniversary of this blog, and it also happens to be my birthday. I started this blog as a challenge to myself to spend a few moments a day during an entire year engaging in a meaningful activity with my family, specifically to develop qualities of the heart.  I shared a bit about… {read more}