2014 is coming to a close. Sherwin Williams asked me if I would take a survey for them regarding my recent purchase there. I agreed because they were our heroes as we painted and repainted our new to us dining room chairs. I like to tell people they rock when they do. I picked most
Author: Emily P. Blackwell
Wife, mama, writer, reader, dreamer, creative.
The Honeymoon Phase and Bowing Low
I walk into what has quickly become my favorite little spot and immediately feel at home. My friend Lynley walks in to meet me for lunch, and we slip into our quiet corner of conversation and soul sharing – we are building upon something that God began over a year ago. We are making time
Watching for Open Floodgates
What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined,what God has prepared for those who love him. I have been wrestling hard with whether or not I truly believe in the goodness of God. I believe in his ability. I know that He can do whatever He wants. This I do not question.
WARNING: Sappy Anniversary Post to Follow
To the man who has been my best friend since we were sixteen – the one who makes me laugh harder, live freer, and love deeper than anyone else – Happy Anniversary! It isn’t always easy but I am desperately grateful to know that when we took our vows, we meant them. We didn’t know
When Stillness Feels Like Failure
Some days later, I sat in the balmy air of another Florida morning – on the back porch that is another of my sacred places – and I wondered: Why does stillness feel like failing to me? Can pressing on look more like waiting in the stillness and just breathing? Does my value come from
I Feel Small
We pulled up to the beautiful home, chatty and enjoying ourselves – my friend and I. As we walked to the door, I noticed how pristine it all was without being stuffy. There were little signs of life all over, and I appreciated that. We knocked. She opened. And I became instantly and painfully aware
What I’m Loving Right Now
There’s a post brewing that I’m just not ready to write yet. For now, though, I’ve been allowing myself to enjoy some other things. How about a What I’m Loving Right Now post? Here goes: Erin Condren Life Planner I have been on the hunt for a handheld, paper planner that will work for me
When mercy looks different
Lamentations 3:23 – Image Source I sat on the couch yesterday evening while, unbeknownst to me, the carrots and broccoli burned. It was a flop of a day, and I felt like a flop of a mama. At one point, the girls played outside while I folded laundry – and watched Call the Midwife. I
For the Hard Days
It’s not even 8 am and this day already feels like a hard one. There has been no tragedy. All is well in The Blackwell home. But I woke up this morning and plodded to the kitchen to turn on my coffee. I immediately collapsed on the couch and fell back asleep to the clicks
Eyes That See: Heart Change in the Home
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort. – Jane Austen I think I’ve mentioned it before – we moved a lot when I was a kid. Mostly we moved a lot within the same neighborhood. It wasn’t traumatic. It was just the way we rolled. I never really thought much about it,