Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

I have written a number of times about my backyard garden. I love planting seeds, watching the starts poke through the soil, and then seeing them grow into crop-producing plants. If anyone wants to ex...

I saw a post the other day from an Instagram mother who made the comment that she didn't know how she was going to keep her floors white now that her kids are on summer break. It was posted alongside ...

I rarely make a cookie recipe more than once. I get bored. Really easily. My family always says, "Enjoy this, because you'll never get it again!" But this recipe I have made on repeat for the last mon...

You may have seen videos online of how excited little kids get when they see their grandparents. They're adorable. The children squeal with joy and go running towards their Nana and Papa. I am living ...

Hoarding has been around forever, of course. It's just that now we have a name for it. People used to call it being a messy housekeeper, or lazy, or even slovenly. None of those words quite described ...

Last year, my hubby and I were alone on the 4th of July. We barbecued and put on our own little fireworks show. It was a far cry from the big yearly parties we used to throw. But that's what happens w...

When my granddaughter was three, the movie Frozen came out. The whole family was excited to take her to her first movie and see her reaction. We all went together (grandparents, aunts and uncles) so t...

This world has always seemed to prefer social people. When I was young, introverts were labeled as "broken" and adults felt that they needed to be fixed. As a child, I was told by teachers, parents an...

Do you ever read the Bible while standing upon a pedestal? Because sometimes I do. I caught myself doing it again the other day. I was reading in Kings at the time. Oh, how those kings fell short of t...

When I think of Spring I think of green, all the shades of green, light, dark and everything in between. The summer sun has not had the chance to turn the grasses into golden brown yet. Instead, all t...