In case you missed my previous post about the slant-y, wild 13.1 mile half marathon my running-partner-in-crime Jen and I ran this weekend, you’ll want to read that for a bit of framework for this piece. It. Was. Insane. And I will totally do it again next year, even though it hurts to go up [...]
Today, I ran the most challenging 13.1 miles ever. I’m claiming false advertising. The race was local and the pamphlet claimed that the course was beautiful (true), challenging (true), and a nice mix of trail, paved and gravel roads (false). It was 99% trail and nothing nice about it. Will I do it again? Oh [...]
One thing I’m learning in my few short years of motherhood is to trust my intuition, even when the “experts” say I’m wrong. When it comes to my kids – I’m the expert. Over the past couple years, Kedron and I have wondered if T-Rex’s hearing was 100%. We started to wonder when he was [...]
In June, I had the privilege of traveling from Michigan to Ohio for my first in-person Circle of Friends experience. My parents live in Columbus, Ohio, so I left my two kids with Grandma and Grandpa and made the most beautiful, idyllic drive ever to Sugarcreek, Ohio. The road twisted through rolling hills, past quiet [...]
Mother’s Day, May 8, this year, Kedron’s grandfather had a stroke. He was 82. On that Monday, I pulled Little Miss out of school to go to the hospital to see him. A large number of family gathered around his bed to see him before he headed back for surgery. It was risky, and there [...]
*There’s still time to enter the drawing for Carol Kent’s Between a Rock and a Grace Place! Kedron loves, loves, loves eggplant parmigiana. Unfortunately, my 4 eggplant plants (is that how you write that?!) failed this year. I have giant plants, but no fruit. Bummer. However, I have tons (almost literally) of zucchini and squash. [...]
I’m always looking for ways my kids can feel like they are a part of our family’s giving. I recently saw on Facebook that Speak Up for Hope is collecting crayons and coloring books for the visitation areas in prisons. Speak Up for Hope is a ministry started by Carol and Gene Kent with the [...]
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of recording a few days of radio interviews with my dear friends from Our Circle of Friends. In the studio with me was my new friend Donna whom I had met a few weeks prior at Speak Up with Confidence. Donna writes devotionals for Circle of Friends. [...]
My garden is growing like crazy these past few weeks. We’ve had some very hot, humid days and a few rain showers which is the perfect recipe for Michigan gardening goodness. I can’t believe I actually have a growing, producing garden. I’m rather ignorant in the ways of gardening, but with the help of my [...]
After reaping the fruits of my garden labor in the form of radishes, I recently set out to thin and weed my row of carrots. I hadn’t gone very far down the row before I encountered a plant that looked like a carrot seedling. I leaned forward on my knees scrutinizing the plant, and was [...]
Amelia lives in Michigan and has been married to her high school sweetheart Kedron for almost 14 years.
Amelia started pursuing her love of writing after she and her husband moved to Florida and she left her job in marketing to stay home with their firstborn. With family and friends a thousand miles away, she found blogging the daily stories of life to be a great way to stay in touch and recognize how God's story intersects with our daily stories.
The Rhodes recently moved back to Michigan where Amelia stays at home with their two young children, Little Miss Sunshine and T-Rex. She also is a contributor at Our Circle of Friends.
contact Amelia: supergirlamelia (at) gmail (dot) com