Gladden The Heart

One of my clients, The Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama, has an exciting day planned on Saturday (August 8th) as they gear up for Alma Latina next Thursday. If you’re in Birmingham, be sure to join us for all of the upcoming festivities!

It might be a little premature of me to make this statement since I re-entered the paid workforce only a couple of months ago. But, it’s true and I’m pretty sure it will continue to be true, so here it is…I. love. my. job.
Through my work with the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama and the [...]

Yesterday morning Tim, Riley, Brady, and I walked to Cornerstone, our new school. Some people from our community were there painting and doing repairs and we thought we might be able to jump in and help out for a little while. Soon after arriving, Tim and I realized we needed to get our children away [...]

My friend recently posted some thoughts on her blog about her and her husband’s decision to send their daughter to Cornerstone School.
In March I wrote a bit here about education and how Tim and I were mostly sure we would be sending Riley and Brady to Cornerstone for the upcoming school year. It became official [...]

Good beer, seeing people pursue their passions, and the city of Birmingham are on the list of things that gladden my heart. Since The J. Clyde embodies all of these elements, there has been a special place in my heart since it opened in Southside a couple of years ago. Now that I’ve heard about [...]

The “Seven Things I’ve Already Done Today and It’s Only 10:00am” Version
1) While running errands listened to very good music on the radio. Love Reg’s shows. You can catch him here on weekday mornings, and on his fabulous Sunday show from 10am-2pm.
2) While running errands had some very good conversations with my children. I loved [...]

The “Blog Posts Brewing Within” Version:
1) Blogs, Facebook, Twitter and the importance of balancing online community with real life community. For some of us it’s easy to throw our thoughts about faith, politics, and the economy out on the internets. Are we also making space in our lives to discuss these issues with others over [...]

V.Richard’s + chocolate + time alone with Mama =

Lovin’ life.

The “Things That Are Gladdening My Heart This Week” Version:
1) Coffee, cupcakes, & grilled cheese from Urban Standard
2) Our first Chilton County peaches of the season
3) Prosecco
4) Meaningful conversations with my husband, my kids, and friends.
5) Ginger+Chocolate
6) My work
7) So You Think You Can Dance
What’s gladdening your heart these days?
(Others quick takes…)

My neighbor also posted about Woodlawn United Methodist Church this week.
She included some links to the church’s website that has pictures of the building, sanctuary, and stained glass windows.
Thanks, Lisa, for letting me know about your beautiful blog.