After EIGHT YEARS of blogging in this space, I've decided to try something new. Click on over to emeryjo.wordpress.com  to find my...

There is a story in the bible (Genesis 16) of a woman named Hagar, whose name means "flight". She is a maidservant in the home o...

The words that used to spring forth so easily are now a slow drip... drip... drip.  They are an echo in a cave and I feel so... quiet. ...

Thanksgiving this year was extra special because we got to host it at our new house!  We decided to make it something unique by setting it ...

There's so much I want to say about living out here in the country, where there is room to roam and skies to awe, but it feels a little...

Someone recently asked me if I could share any tips that I may have gleaned from that season of life not long ago when I had a newborn and a...

Today is the first day that feels like Fall, which just happened to coincide with a Thursday, when I have absolutely NO KIDS with me from...

Chris & I just got back yesterday from a fabulous trip to the central coast of california where we spent five of our most formative y...

The past couple of weeks have been brutal.  The temperature gauge is soaring and the triple digit heat is making itself quite comfortabl...

The first room I am going to show you is the kitchen.  When we first walked into this house, I had a really hard time seeing past this beast...