Grace + Common Sense

Find the lovely [already] in your life.

These days, common sense is a luxury… and grace is often withheld where it could be poured out.

What to do? Because if I pay too much attention to this crazy world, I will lose heart and mind. So I choose to lavishly sprinkle grace and common sense onto everything: motherhood, spiritual and mental health, wellness, business, fitness. Life.

This is what this blog is all about.

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  • 8 Things You Didn’t Know . . . About Me

    A long message from an introvert. 1. I’m the youngest of three girls Growing up I never had the privilege of having brothers. But along the way I’ve adopted many! Line up us three girls in a row and everyone gets confused who is the oldest. It’s our height, stature, and hair color, I think,…

  • I Feel Like I’m Keeping a Secret

    The healing powers of the oil of oregano. My youngest just turned eight months and since the end of my maternity leave (which was 13 beautiful weeks short), I started taking small doses of oil of oregano. This whole time–is how long I have gone without being sick. Like, at all. Since the first day…

  • A Day in the Life

    of a working mom of three I told Caeden what my ideal morning would look like. And what did he say? “That’s a lot.” Causing me to think: Maybe I do expect too much from myself. (Kids are so wise!) This morning was too crazy. I had a plan. And when it was foiled, I…

  • Salt and Pepper

    My hair is, indeed, naturally grey. Before I wore glasses my most stand-out feature was my blue eyes. Now I wear frames around them that tone down the blaze. Big-time. Now it’s my hair . . . that gets all the comments. Since I was twelve, I’ve noticed grey strands on my head that I…

  • A Library Just Burned Down

    “When an old person dies, a library burns down.” ~ a Haitian proverb I learned today that Wallace Turnbull passed away this week. It made me exhale with both sadness and relief. I mean, what a life he and his wife (who passed a few years earlier) lived! My husband I agree that it’s been…

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