☕ October 26, 2026 Good morning, friends! Grab your coffee and settle in with me for a few minutes. Today, there is something weighing on my heart that goes a little deeper than the usual conversations about family, work, and the busyness of everyday life. Lately, I’ve been thinking about salvation and what it really means to have a burden for the lost. We talk about our faith, we share Bible verses, we attend church, and we go about our daily lives. But I keep coming back to

☕October 20, 2026 Good morning, friends! 💗 There is something about being a mom that never really changes, no matter how old your children get. You can watch them grow, become independent, make their own decisions, and build lives of their own, but that mama’s heart is always there. When they hurt, you hurt. When they struggle, you want to step in and make everything better. And when life throws something at them that you cannot fix, it can leave you feeling helpless. I was

☕️ Good Morning Friends! October has a way of reminding me just how quickly the year moves. One minute we're enjoying the last days of summer, and the next we're talking about Halloween, making plans for Thanksgiving, and thinking about Christmas gifts. Before long, we'll be looking at another new year and wondering where all the time went. This weekend, Matt and I went to Louisville to visit my mother-in-law, and we took Garrett to the Louisville Slugger Museum while we were

☕ Good morning, friends! Today Matt and I are out doing a little yard selling, checking out some things, and just enjoying a day with the two of us. We aren’t really looking for anything in particular, and honestly, we probably won’t buy much. But isn’t that part of the fun? Sometimes it’s not about what you find or what you bring home. It’s just about getting out, looking around, laughing together, and enjoying the time. Not a fancy date just a no makeup get up a go day toge

☕ October 1st, 2026 Good morning, friends. I hope everyone is doing well today. I have to be honest, today is definitely one of those mornings when I would really like to crawl back into bed. I’ve been up since about one o’clock dealing with some side effects from my GLP-1. I won’t go into all the details because, well… nobody needs that much information before their coffee! 😂 But I am taking care of it, and I’m doing what I need to do to make sure it doesn’t happen again. I

☕ Wednesday, September 30, 2026 Good morning, friends. I’m on my way to work this morning, and I’m trying again today to stay positive. Every day I tell myself I’m going to be positive. I’m going to do better. I’m going to focus on the good. And then, almost every day, something happens that makes that really hard. And honestly, I don’t have an excuse. I pray about it. I know where I need to take it. I know that I can’t control everything that happens around me. But this job

☕ Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Good morning, friends.♥️ Well, we’re back to the routine of just the three of us again. Clayton headed back to school yesterday, and it’s crazy how quickly he went from not feeling well to pretty much being back to his normal self. I’m thankful for that, but now we have to wait through the whole month of October before we hopefully get to see him the first weekend in November. I don’t like having to go that long without seeing him, but between wr

Monday, September 28, 2026 ☕️ Good morning, friends. Pour yourself a cup of coffee and settle in, because it’s Monday again — and I have a feeling I’m not the only one who needed the weekend to be just a little bit longer. If you’ve been following along, you know our household has been fighting off some sickness. Yesterday we spent the whole day with Clayton, and I’m happy to report he’s feeling so much better. His fever is finally gone, and now he’s just resting and letting

# Embracing Life's Unexpected Moments: A Weekend with My Son ## Finding Joy in the Changes Good morning, friends. ♥️ My coffee got started this morning, but before I could really settle into it, it was interrupted by a quick trip to urgent care with Clayton. He got home last night running a fever, still had one this morning, and isn’t feeling good at all. We’re pretty sure it’s strep throat, so we’re waiting on the medicine and hoping we can get it started quickly. It’s never

Thursday, September 24, 2026 Good morning, friends. I’ve got my coffee, I’m heading to work, and I’m walking into the same building I walked into yesterday, only today I’m carrying a little more on my mind. Yesterday’s meeting didn’t go quite as positively as I had hoped. There were workers talking about how they don’t want to do the job anymore because the negativity in the building has become so overwhelming. Honestly, I understand their frustration because I’m frustrated,

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 Good morning, friends. ☕❤️ It has become my thing to do this on my way to work and then use my first break at work to actually sit down and post it. So here I am again, coffee in hand, heading toward work, and the very first song that came on the radio this morning was Fear Is a Liar by Zach Williams. And I just had to smile because sometimes God has a way of putting something right in front of you at exactly the moment you need to hear it. Fear

Tuesday, September 22, 2026 Good morning, friends. ☕❤️ Tuesday morning, coffee in hand, and I have to tell you, this is the weather I’ve been waiting for. It was 65 degrees when I got in the car this morning, and I was absolutely ready for it. This time of year, from now until the end of the year, is my favorite time of year. You are about to hear me talk a whole lot about all of my favorite things because I am definitely a holiday person. I’m a Christian who does Halloween,

☕Monday, September 21, 2026 Good morning, friends. ☕❤️ This weekend was busy, but it was busy in the very best kind of way. It was full of friends, family, and God’s blessings, and honestly, it was exactly the kind of weekend that leaves your heart feeling full as you head into a new week. Mondays can be hard because they mean going back to work, going back to the schedules, the responsibilities, and all the craziness that comes with everyday life. Today is my first day back

☕ Saturday, September 19, 2026 Hello, friends, Today is a little bit of a catch-up. As I sat here with my coffee this morning, I started thinking about everything that’s been going on lately, and I realized something: this blog doesn’t have to be perfect. The things I do don’t have to be perfect either. I’ve gotten into the habit of writing every day, and I really do enjoy it. I enjoy sitting down with my coffee and putting my thoughts into words. But sometimes life happens,

☕ Tuesday, September 15, 2026 Good morning. Yesterday was one of those days. I had a rough day, and honestly, I didn’t get everything done that I had planned to do. I didn’t get my Coffee, Christ & Conversation posted. I didn’t check every box on my list. I didn’t accomplish everything I thought I should. And you know what? That’s okay. Sometimes we put so much pressure on ourselves to keep going, keep producing, keep showing up and keep everything together that we forget we

☕ Saturday, September 12, 2026 Good morning, friend. Today I’m sitting here at the Ohio County Park getting ready for Worship Fest with Three Hearts Keepsakes, and let me tell you…it is HOT. I’m already soaked, and we haven’t even officially gotten started yet! 😂 But there’s something else I want to share with you. I’ve already sold something, and the event hasn’t even begun. I had to smile when I thought about that. Sometimes we spend so much time worrying about what is goi

☕ Friday, September 11, 2026 Good morning, friends. ☕❤️ Where were you 25 years ago today? It’s a question that comes up every September 11, and even though the years have passed, I can still remember exactly where I was. I was driving to work that morning when the people on the radio suddenly interrupted the broadcast and announced that one of the Twin Towers had been hit by an airplane. My heart sank. I continued on to work, not really knowing what was happening or what was

☕ Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Good morning, friends. ☕❤️ It feels like a Monday on a Tuesday around here. That’s what happens when we have a Monday off and then head back into the office on Tuesday. I didn’t get my normal work-from-home day yesterday, so my whole week feels just a little out of rhythm. But that’s okay. I’m walking into today determined to make it a good one, and sometimes that’s all we can do. Yesterday was actually a really good day. We spent Labor Day with f

☕ Monday, September 7, 2026 Good morning, friends. ☕❤️ I took yesterday off from our conversation because the weekend just got busy. We went to church, then went over to my mom’s, and I spent a good part of the day doing something I really enjoy: canning. I got quite a few things put away, including pasta sauce, tomatoes, and what we’re calling peach molasses. I was trying to make the peaches a little more friendly to my blood sugar, so I used coconut palm sugar instead of re

☕ Saturday, September 5, 2026 Good morning, friends. ☕❤️ Well, yesterday got a little busy and got away from me, and somewhere in the middle of everything, I forgot to post. I don’t want to get into the habit of that because I’ve worked hard to make showing up here every day part of my routine. I’ve done really well with it, so I’m going to give myself some grace, get back on track, and keep moving forward. After all, missing one day doesn’t mean I have to quit. Yesterday wa