...she is fierce. (Shakespeare) This is a tribute to the ministry of my Nana, Carlene Wade Jackson, given by me at her memorial service on July 27, 2016. Interspersed are a few favorite pictures. My cousin Matthew and I (we are three years old in this picture) had the privilege of being the first grandchildren to grace the arms of Carlene and Johnny Jackson Sr. (front and center) and so ... View Post
My Favorite Summer Salad
Hands down. this salad is one of my very favorite summer treats. Full of fresh vegetables and covered in the lightest dressing, this dish is a healthy, filling, summer salad that keeps well in the refrigerator for several days and is perfect for a picnic or side dish at any cook-out. I have posted this recipe before, but I recently took some new (and better!) photo's and I wanted to include ... View Post
A Working Mom’s Summer Survival Kit
Summers can be great and summers can be brutal. And I am not just talking about the heat. I am talking about the challenges that summer can be for me as a working mom. This summer marks my sixteenth year as a mother, and in those sixteen years I have traveled back and forth along the stay-at-home to work-outside-the-home spectrum. I have been stay-at-home mom, a work-from-home mom, ... View Post
Welcome Summer
U Pick Fruit * Swimming * Grillin' * Flea Markets * Road Trips * Porch Parties * Icy Cocktails * Red-White-N-Blue * Firecrackers * Farm Loving * All the Salads * Farmer's Markets * Friends * Late Nights * Afternoon Naps * Ice Cream * Straw Hats * Bug Spray * Lighting Bugs * ... View Post
So I Married My Brother
The picture is of my baby brother Joshua, and I on my wedding day. I was 22 and he was 19. BABIES. We had just danced a jig together and were sweaty as heck. It was a great day. This second picture is of us on HIS wedding day. We are no longer 22 and 19 (praise the Lord!) We are no longer babies. We might even be grown-ups (on certain days.) We snapped this ... View Post
This is 19
"When you say those wedding vows at eighteen, you are committing yourselves—with all that you are and all that you have—to only each other because you are young and wreathed in glory and take up all the space there is. When you say them at thirty-five, you are signing on for something wider: a whole garden full of people to love and to cherish, in sickness and in health, in wheelchairs and ... View Post