Positively (Im)perfect

------ AND THE RANDOM WINNER IS... MARIE ! ------ Thanks to all who entered, I really wish I had enough workbooks for all of you!!! Sadly, Blessed is She is SOLD OUT of the hardcopy workbooks (they re-ordered and sold out three times !) and are no longer able to order more in time for Lent.   But you can still order a digital download copy to print for yourself! Just click here and select "SHOP" from the menu at the top. Blessings to all! --- Can you believe that Lent is just around the corner? I swear we just took down the Christmas tree. And let's not talk about those boxes of decorations still crowding the living room. But Lent will be here in less than three weeks whether we're ready (or my decorations have made it back to the basement) or not. Eeek! Thankfully, Blessed Is She is one step ahead of us with a beautiful new and incredibly well put-together Lenten workbook: But first, let's talk about goals for Lent...be

I've given a lot of thought to my focus for 2016. ( I still like that word better than "resolution"). Last year, I decided the focus should be health. We made some big strides in lots of areas--not all entirely to my credit (because the kids are just super amazing at making progress on their own), but I worked hard navigating through lots of red tape to support them. We finally got an insurance plan that allowed us to start ABA (autism therapy), and I even took some time to address my own physical and mental health. But I was surprised by plenty of unexpected twists and turns last year too, which added to the stress and brick walls and delayed some of my intended progress (even though some were good, even great surprises, like buying and moving to our forever home!). It's easy to decide on a focus when I'm imagining, at least subconsciously, smooth sailing ahead. Then these twists and turns come up I end up pushing things off for "when the du