Tomato pie is summer on a plate. A recipe made from sunshine and lazy mornings, it's the perfect dinner/lunch/breakfast/midnight snack.
Author: Marissa
“Earth's crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God,
But only he who sees takes off his shoes;
The rest sit round and pluck blackberries.”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Be Curious
I have 3 kids underfoot at all times. One of their FAVORITE things to do is 'research.' This is basically a fancy term for coming up with a question as an oppotunity to watch a YouTube video about it. Recently we have researched soap bubbles, quartz crystals, whether lava can explode a house, why fingernails …
You are Enough.
Listen to the words on this page. You. Are. Enough. Even without the things you do for others. Without cleaning the bathroom, cooking dinner, or applying make up. You. Are. Enough. You are enough, even when people don't like you. You are enough even when your family is driving you crazy. You are enough even …
Who are you, really?
As author Glennon Doyle Milton says, “ask a woman who she is, and she will tell you who she loves.” This is absolutely beautiful. But it can also be quicksand. When our entire sense of self is invested externally, then external changes can cut us adrift. Life is change. Careers change. Relationships change. Children grow …
The Sabbath We Didn’t Expect
It's been a long few weeks since last Saturday. I haven't driven my van for 5 days. That never happens. Now that I'm thinking about it, I should probably go check that there is not a Gogurt or something rotting away inside of it. The world has changed. In ways that would have seemed inconceivable …
Bacon & Egg Spaghetti
Our family has littles. Which means, inevitably, we have picky eaters. It's tough to find a dinner option that my kids will accept, that has an acceptable amount of veggies for me. Bacon & Egg Spaghetti (or Carbonara for those over age 10) is one of those options...  Italy's answer to Brinner is tasty, …
Grow Anyway
This is the time of year when the daffodils bloom. Slowly, optimistically, they poke their spring green leaves out from the soil. Then one day their sunshine yellow blossoms burst like popcorn into the world. Inevitably, there is a frost. A snow shower, a hard freeze. And people, right on cue, shake their heads sadly …
Who are you really?
We all do it. Meeting someone for the first time- it automatically pops out of our mouth... So what do you do? It seems natural, we want to get to know someone better, and the words tumble out. Usually the response comes in the form of what a person does for a living. But that's …
Driving into the Fog
This morning our world woke up hazy. Blanketed in a pea soup fog that made the landscape- and our emotions- feel fuzzy around the edges. As the sun began to burn off the mist, all you could see in the road ahead was a thick, illuminated blanket of cloud. Not the safest driving conditions, but …
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