Cupcakes and Croutons
My savory cupcakes started out with nothing more than my imagination--what taste combination sounded most appealing? Almost immediately, I thought of kalamata olives and sundried tomatoes. Explosions...
View ArticleSingle Jesus
Last week I took a selfie of my heart and wrote honestly of the selfishness that plagues many of us, but especially young unmarried women. This week I want to ask, "Have you ever considered Christ's...
View ArticleMy Favorite Ways to Use Essential Oils
My mom taught me how to use Young Living essential oils for everything from earaches to helping our pets. I've loved using them in my own home now--in fact, they make an appearance almost every day!1....
View ArticleMy Favorite Things!
Embarking on this cupcake adventure two months ago has convinced me that anyone who is unhappy needs a cupcake in their life. Cupcakes and tea. And daffodils. We would all be much happier people if...
View ArticleCoconut Chai Cupcakes
Life is beautiful and busy, and suddenly April has come and gone with no cupcake posting from me (we were doing tea flavors, if you recall)! Susanna visited me for two weeks (post on our adventures...
View Article13.1 Miles in a Tutu
This story began, as most good stories do, with an idea. It was over a year ago when Sarah started planting the seed of an idea that she and I should run a Disney half marathon together. It was...
View ArticleMarried to a Traitor
Benedict Arnold, the most infamous traitor in American history, did not act alone.For in his charming, young, well-connected, and Loyalist wife, Margaret "Peggy" Shippen, he had his co-conspirator....
View ArticleLauren Hearts Lavender Chocolate Cupcakes!
You may have noticed that the cupcake department has been somewhat quiet around here lately. No, we are not throwing in the towel on our grand scheme of filling the year with cupcakes, but "busy"...
View ArticleLook Up
June brought in warm evenings like summer's heralding banner, and the rich woolly sky blanketed the sleepy house where some friends and I were cuddled up for a late night. My phone suddenly buzzed at...
View ArticleThe Parable I Learned From An Orchid
It was orchid watering day when I nearly beheaded one of my plants.Every couple weeks I spend a few moments over these flowers of mine, pretending to have a green thumb, enjoying the quiet. I love it...
View ArticleIt's So Nice to See You Again!
Suddenly, it has been 227 days, 8 hours, and 19 minutes since I last posted here. In that time, my firstborn has arrived! Does the exhaustion of the last two months of pregnancy, the haze of recovering...
View ArticleI've Been Waiting My Whole Life for This!
Would you believe that in the last year I have experienced more "firsts" in my life than I ever thought possible? The truth is that nearly every day brings an opportunity for a "first" if my eyes are...
View ArticleThe Birth of Liam
Lessons on self, life, and God are a plodding process, but there are rare moments where God seems to turbocharge the lesson and condense it into a whirlwind that leaves me dizzy.After 42 weeks of...
View ArticleThe Leap Day Phenomenon
Leap Day fascinates me. Living a day that only exists once every four years is curiously likeliving in a time traveling time warp. After all, how else could you add a day to my month--a whole 24 hours...
View ArticleBackwards Contentment
If youth and old age could be combined into one non-contradictory person (think: Energizer Bunny with a brain, or Labrador puppy without a penchant for chewing and jumping), we would have it made. I've...
View ArticleWhat Would You Do for $13 Million?
Yesterday I learned of a baseball player who made a decision that is inciting both controversy and passion, and I am fascinated. Adam LaRoche is a White Sox player who I (an admittedly...
View ArticlePurposeful Easter
I ponder traditions a bit more, now that it's up to Joel and me to make them happen! Easter has so many fun traditions (dyeing Easter eggs, receiving Easter baskets, enjoying church breakfasts, and...
View ArticleSingle Identity
I recently shared my testimony with a special group of women, and now I am posting a portion of it here in hopes it might bless someone else! I was actually quite content to be single all through my...
View ArticleI Want All the Books!
I vividly remember the day that a book first captivated me. Mama sat me down, handed me Little House in the Big Woods, and told me to read for an hour. I was less than thrilled, not sure what the "big...
View ArticleWas Jesus an Introvert or an Extrovert?
I remember the first time a friend enlightened me as to the definition of an introvert: "It means you get your energy and recharge from being by yourself."I had never heard the concept explained so...
View ArticleWhat I Would Tell My Younger Self
Cherish the old.Love the sun-fading on your quilt that speaks of sunny days stored up for Winter's chill.Smile at the bent pages of your Bible that has fed your soul so many times.Value the tell-tale...
View ArticleSherbet Cupcakes
Hello, my name is Mikaela, and I still write and blog...occasionally...every so often...sometimes. Oh dear! How do all you mommy bloggers do it? For five months, I've been thinking about posting a...
View ArticleDefinitely Maybe
"Maybe" is a difficult word for me."Definitely yes": I can plant myself deep in that solid ground, entwine my life around that anchor, and write it in permanent marker on my calendar."Ain't gonna...
View ArticleYou're Never Too Young to Consider Your Epitaph
Artwork from yesterday: Uncle Mel's epitaph verseYesterday I sat before the coffin of my Great-Great-Uncle Melvin, a man who watched kamikaze pilots dive for the deck of his ship during WWII and...
View ArticleWhy 2020 Might Be the Most Important Year of Our Lives
Pacific City is one of my favorite stretches of beach on the Oregon Coast. I love climbing the huge sand dune there and overlooking the frothy, wind-foamed waves. But at the height of this peaceful...
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