I wish I could send a copy of Grace For the Good Girl: Letting Go of the Try Hard Life to every single one of you. Doesn’t the title just make you feel better already – make you want to take a big heaving sigh of relief? For those of you that didn’t win, I hope you’ll find a way to have this book enter your life. I know it will make you smile. Of the many of you that entered, the winner of the book that I am giving away is Tonja! An email will be mailed off to you after I finish this post. Congratulations!!

Here are some links from my reader that I loved this week:

On Harvest Moons and Writing
5 Signs You are Decorating Out of Fear
You’ll Never Get Back These Days
Small Gifts That Say I Love You
Today is a Better Day than Later

And I wrote this post that was published this week on Simple Mom if you’d like to check it out – Find Contentment in Unexpected Places

I hope you enjoyed your weekend!

I can’t believe this whole week got away from me and I didn’t blog. I have found myself in a bit of a daze as I try to settle into the new school routine. I find myself free in the mornings and try to cram as much in to that time as I can and then I spend the rest of my day trying to cram time in with my kids when they get home. I know, there is no such thing as cramming time. Time is what it is and you can make the most of it or not. So…I’ve been trying to make the most of it.

Here are some links from my reader that I loved this week.

• Buyer’s Remorse
• What To Do With Bad Paintings
• This is Where…I Write
• Your Sweetness: Loving During Your Best Time of Day

I hope you are enjoying this Labor Day weekend!

I have enjoyed getting back to reading some of my favorite blogs over coffee in the early mornings. Here are some links from my reader that I loved this week.

Keeping Family Boundaries in Place
How Nester Got Her Margin Back
You Are So Much More Than You Think
If We Don’t Step Away, How Will We Create?

I guess I’m not the only one who found some sanity and soul breathing in taking a break this summer!

I hope you enjoy your Sunday!