There have been so many bloggers talking about spring cleaning this past month, and all the chatter has really given me the urge to clean and purge. But with two toddlers in tow, I quickly realized my visions of a clean AND organized house just weren’t going to happen. Instead, I have settled for accomplishing [...]
Last year The Narrator and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. It passed without major fanfare. With a nursing baby and the fact that we moved 1200 miles from our families, getting away was a bit difficult. Add to that – at the time we were in the midst of snowballing our debt and building [...]
One night last week as I was sewing again, I heard another REALLY LOUD BUMP that shook the house. It sounded like something had landed on the roof. A herd of cats? Not unheard of in this neighborhood. An alien spaceship? Maybe not such a far out idea. This time, fortunately, the Narrator was home [...]
Every night while I am helping Little Miss Sunshine get into bed she looks at me and says, “Mama, you need to get all jammied!” I love it. If I ever market my own line of pajamas that will totally be my slogan. “Get all jammied.” T-Rex LOVES to be tickled. So much so, in [...]
This morning we packed the kids up for a short drive and went to a Pig Festival. Yes, you read that right, and no I’d never been to one before either! I’m not quite sure why it was called a pig festival. There weren’t any pigs there, unless you count the people running around eating [...]
I’m headed to the Women of Faith conference in town this weekend. I’ve never been to one and I was happy to finally not be 9 months pregnant or nursing a newborn so I could go. I’m looking forward to soaking in the speakers and worship and getting a recharge. I’m sure it will spark [...]
Little Miss Sunshine handed me a birthday balloon out of a package that came from my parents for T-Rex’s big day. I blew it up, tied it, and handed it to her. A few minutes later she brought me another one. Same scene. A few minutes later she brought a third one. Same scene. A [...]
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