I’ve had the “October 2021 Favorites” post sitting in my drafts for weeks!  I knew time was ticking to get Christmas content out, so I kept pushing this post off in favor of sharing posts about Christmas decorating and crafts.  But, I have some great favorites to share, so I thought I would combine all of my favorites from October through the end of the year into one final 2021 favorites post.  Maybe you’ll get some ideas for last-minute Christmas presents or how you want to spend any gift cards you receive.  Favorites are just always a fun thing to share, so here they are… feels like home Of course, the Feels Like Home book launch! It was a culmination of a lot of work and a very exciting time.  I am so proud of this book and it felt good to launch it into the world.  Thank you for

I don’t know about you, but August and September were a blur!  Well, not quite a blur, but I realized I hadn’t done a favorites post for August about halfway through September and then I could hardly remember my favorites from August.  So, I decided to put them together in one post of late summer favorites and there are some really good ones… (This post contains affiliate links.) little boy Jeff told me a long time ago that I would love the movie and should watch it and, for some reason, I just dragged my feet on it.  I have no idea why.  We finally watched it in September and he was absolutely right.  I loved this movie.  It was more than enjoyable…it was touching, beautiful, funny, powerful, and moving.  It covers themes like innocent faith, unwavering love, and learning to know and love people as individuals instead of judging