Saturday Suggestions

 

ONE. 

WOW. That’s all I have to say about this story I stumbled upon this week. This Indiana nurse with five children of her own adopted a teenage mom of triplets so the mom could keep her children. This is an amazing picture of love, and it challenged and inspired me!

TWO. 

Mother’s Day is coming up in just a week, and while you may be thinking of gifts to get for your own mother or other moms in your life, don’t forget about those for whom Mother’s Day might be challenging this year. If you have a friend who is waiting to be a mom, but the process is going so slowly, or you know someone who lost a child this year, perhaps one of these gifts could be meaningful for them. More than anything else, just remembering a hurting mama or mama-in-waiting can be the greatest gift.

THREE. 

Ryan and I had been doing workouts that were about an hour long every day, and we decided to switch to something a little shorter, just to make our daily schedule more doable. Here is the plan we’ve been using, and it’s surprisingly effective, even though each session isn’t super long. I’ve shared this trainer’s workouts before, but this particular one is fairly new.

FOUR. 

When we moved this last time, we did have a broken dish casualty, and I asked Ryan to save the pieces so I could make a stepping stone for the garden area. (I intend mine to be for decorative purposes only – not for actual stepping.) I found this tutorial to walk me through the steps  of making one. Maybe I’ll get that done yet this month! And if you have some meaningful, yet broken pieces, perhaps this would be a good way to repurpose them!

FIVE. 

I know we’re in the middle of the year, but you could start this anytime…or tuck away the idea for next year! This is an inexpensive downloadyou can purchase that guides you through writing a few verses from Proverbs each day, and by the end of the year, you’ll have written out the entire book. I love the idea of marinating on just a couple of the verses each day to let them settle in the mind!

SIX. 

If you love the song Goodness of God, check out thispiano version. I really love Stan Whitmire’s playing talent, and this one didn’t disappoint. It starts with that song and then goes on to many others. In all, there is about an hour of music, but it starts with Goodness of God. Just so you know, the video portion is scenic and not actually of Stan playing. But the music is gorgeous.