When our new favorite kitchen appliance meets a “Come on Over” recipe, the result is a Friday Favorite with a bonus! Your response to our new “Friday Favorites” posts has blown us away, so consider this combo an expression of…
To All the Women of Influence
You need to know this: I have no children in my home. My husband and his late wife had one daughter, and she was a married adult with children of her own when Joe and I married forty-four months ago.…
It’s Time to Fortify the Filter
In the final pages of Petals of Wisdom from Grandma, Lorraine Strohbehn (my mom) shares a chapter titled “The Death of a Dream.” She notes that when tragedy strikes, a major change often occurs within family units. For example, if…
Please DON’T “Come on Over” for Breakfast/Brunch Casserole
Our recipes generally begin with the words: “Come on Over.” Not this week! (Thank you, Covid-19 pandemic!) But this is the perfect recipe to share during this time when most, if not all, of your family is home. In fact,…
How Will You Use the Gift of a Pandemic? Life Lessons from the Coronavirus
My social media accounts have been flooded with “Breaking News” about school closings, event cancellations, warnings, facts, and opinions. And I’m okay with that. If nothing else, I have been reminded that we grieve, react to fear and disappointments, and…