By Ashley McIlwain We’ve all heard the saying “divide and conquer.” Quite frankly, that’s how most of us survive our days, right? You have your responsibilities and tasks to handle, and your spouse has his or hers. That’s how you manage to keep the boat afloat. That’s how my husband and I operate too, but
By Ashley McIlwain As I get older, I’m realizing that life seems to only get busier and busier. The list of to dos grows longer and longer no matter how many things I cross off. Like a ball of snow down a steep mountain, the pressures of life grow bigger and bigger while gaining momentum,
By Ricinda Perry In closely observing people who have had success, including my recently turned-four year old (she can out-negotiate her parents any day and twice on Sunday … and we are both attorneys), I have seen a close correlation between one’s attitude and their level of success. As an attorney, we are trained to
By Ashley McIlwain It had been one of those weeks. One thing after another, and yet nothing major. Just small dings, bumps, and bruises that began to add up and weigh on me. As the week went on, I felt like a 2 liter of soda being shaken harder and harder with the pressure mounting
By Ashley McIlwain Something that many of us don’t realize is that the decisions we make linger long beyond when they are made. This is a fact and realization I wish I’d come to fully discover and appreciate much sooner in my life because it would have saved me a lot of heartache. At the
By Steve McIlwain Hubs here. 2013 is complete. Looking forward on January 1st, 2013, the New Year was a blank canvas. We were unsure what it might bring. We knew that a move was possible but weren’t exactly sure if it would happen. I was working towards moving up the promotion ladder at work. Ashley
By Ashley McIlwain The leaves have all changed, splashing the landscape around me with brilliant hues of red, yellow, and orange. I love breathing in the crisp air deeply and allowing it to flood my lungs. The sun warms my chilled nose with its golden rays of light. A wave of emotion overcomes me as
By Ashley McIlwain My sister, her daughter, and husband came to stay with us over Labor Day weekend. Together, we laughed, played, and made memories along the way. It was so much fun being together. One of the best parts though was having my 3 and ½ year old niece there. Seeing the world through
By Ricinda Perry Smooshed together like a yummy quesadilla. Have you every felt like things are a little messy at home? I’ve been feeling like my church, family and work life are all mixing up together. As I was working on dinner, I suddenly realized we were functioning like a smooshed up yummy quesadilla with
By Rick Poleck After what feels like a long and dreary season, winter is always somehow coerced into giving up its shades of steely gray to peeks of warming sunshine, welcome blue skies, intermittent dots and splashes of color, and the fragrances of floral displays called “spring.” The senses come alive, awakening a body’s dormant
