I am not sure if you knew this about me but, I’m a keeper! I started my beekeeping journey during the first fall I spent in Missouri, when I saw a Facebook post to sign up for spring time nucs. I figured I would inquire about it and down the rabbit hole I went! Suddenly,… Read More Won’t You Bee Mine?

Lately I have been utterly amazed by the amount of synchronicities occurring in my life. I am surrounded by reminders that I am on the right path. Today was filled with those moments. From repeating numbers, happy encounters, meeting new friends with common interests and goals, moments in the forest where the trees whisper to… Read More Destiny is Calling

..or so I am told! I have often boasted about how patient I am. I think God is now putting it to the test, and it’s not just my patience that’s being tested but also my temperance and perseverance. I do not remember asking to be such a virtuous woman, but here I am nailing… Read More Patience is a Virtue..

This upcoming Saturday I will be solo road tripping to Illinois to pick up a couple of kids. Kinder goat kids to be precise. I have been on a waiting list for a couple of years and finally my patience is going to be rewarded, and I don’t mean my goat named Patience. Although, these… Read More Road Trip Anyone?!

Today I had a wonderful time strolling through one of my favorite places, Arrow Rock. It’s an adorable little town that I often find myself when I’m running away from home. I will hike the trails or visit the shops. Sometimes I simply park under a tree and read a book. There’s a little theater… Read More Glamour Shots

  Have you ever had a big fight with your spouse and took your frustrations out on your house? Perhaps it looks like weeding an over grown flower bed or cleaning out the kitchen pantry that’s been needing attention for ages. Sometimes I wonder how is it my house isn’t always clean! However, after the… Read More Cleaning House

  I have often been told that I am brave because I take chances that some might be afraid to take. Others might have called me crazy for my choices. I often dance to the beat of my own drum, straying away from “conventional wisdom” (oxymoron much?) in most things. The reason for this is… Read More Prayer Changes Things

  Call me a hopeless romantic but I envision this blog to be my way of releasing love letters to the world, like an Edwardian woman writing hidden messages in books and poetry or a painter conveying secret messages in their artwork. Writing is so therapeutic for me. Words had been eluding me for decades… Read More Love Letters

Since childhood I have craved a place to call my own. A home where I belong, in a space that I could truly blossom. Never have I taken root, constantly moving from place to place, changing whom I lived with just as frequently. Now I have found a space that I wish to occupy, a… Read More Putting Down Roots