Best Friends & Refrigerator Cookies

Best Friends & Refrigerator Cookies

I didn’t have a lot of friends growing up. Unfortunately, middle- and high school is the time where friendships equate social status, likeability, and self-worth. The more friends you have, the better you are. Unfortunately, that’s a lie we too often believe. One or...
Best Friends & Refrigerator Cookies

Lose the Label

We all know that person in high school who was labeled “the jock,” “the cheerleader,” “the nerd,” “the band geek,” or “the Goth.” Our generation is so wrapped up in themselves that we don’t even realize that we probably have a label too, and I would almost suggest...

Teen Talk with Nicole O’Dell

(After spending an hour trying to fix the formatting issues of this post, I give up. Please accept my apology for lack of paragraphs. HTML is not my friend right now.) Happy Friday!! Did you have a nice Valentine’s Day? Are you thankful it’s over? I hope...
Frenemy Friday: Revenge

Frenemy Friday: Revenge

Hi!! Got plans for the weekend? Wish I could join you. I’m sure we’d have fun!I’m actually a little heated this morning. I just got off the phone with my sister who is dealing with some heartache. Aren’t my mom and sister cute? I love being the...
Summer Camp

Summer Camp

Summer camp is awesome.Justin and I are at Lake Aurora this week helping out with the 7th, 8th, and 9th graders and what an amazing week it has been.Our topics have been mercy, grace (it just hurts), forgiveness and heaven.Natalie, Suzi, Brian, Mike, Justin and...
Who Has Full Access?

Who Has Full Access?

Every so often I run down my Friends list and start deleting people.My criteria for deletion:     1. I don’t know them. (which means I shouldn’t have added them in the first place)     2. I can’t remember where I met...