3rd Annual Pearl Girls “12 Pearls of Christmas”
Welcome to the 3rd Annual Pearl Girls™ 12 Pearls of Christmas blogging series, y'all! We've gathered several of today's most beloved authors to share their Christmas "Pearls of Wisdom"! Please follow along beginning tomorrow (Wednesday the 14th) through Christmas day as Tricia Goyer, Suzanne Woods Fisher, Rachel Hauck, Sandy Ralya, Sibella Giorello, Susan May Warren and more, including yours truly, share our heartfelt stories of how God
From our grateful hearts.
Hey y'all, we are enjoying all of your tweets, emails, fb and voice messages about the arrival of Connor Phillip Maher. This sweet one came home today, so we are major wrapped up in him. That said, individual responses are sort of hard right now. I hope you'll forgive us for one big blanket love note to everyone: THANK YOU!
Baby Faces and Going Places!
Hey y'all! I greet you from the lovely IPhone keyboard while darling husband chauffeurs us to Houston. Drum roll please -- IT'S BABY DAY! Our sweet daughter is about to deliver the fourth grandchild to this family, making it two apiece for each of our kids! Connor Phillip Maher is announcing his impending arrival and we are speeding that way! (Figure of speech, dear troopers.)
Sometimes you gotta go along to get along…HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
I was a new mother, trying to do everything by the book. My sisters-in-law, all three of them, were knee deep in motherhood with elementary aged school children. They had long since figured out how durable the wee ones really are. Our perspectives met head on that fateful Thanksgiving. As we gathered in their mother’s dining room with our respective broods, my in-laws announced that
The Book Club that doesn’t read books
Hey y'all! I greet you from our vehicle, speeding towards Houston. It's going to be a quick trip; we'll be getting some Grant Thomas sugar from the Baby Beau Czar and laying eyes on our beautiful daughter who is getting oh-so-near to giving birth to Connor Maher, our fourth grandchild! Wait-- did I say speeding? That was just a figure of speech. Beloved Hubby was
A People Trick that May Change Your Life or Someone Who Crosses It
There's a little people trick I do on a regular basis. It's not a big deal. Many of y'all may already do this, or something similar, but I can't shake the urge to blog about it, so here's the thing. I look into your face and I try to see the little you. I do it in all sorts of situations but mostly if you are frustrating me
Yo, Cats and Dogs– It’s all good
My friend River Jordan sent me a great picture yesterday. I only have to open my phone and look at it to get a good laugh. Of course, that means I must share it with y'all. I hope it lightens someone's load. First, some back story. If you've been around All Things Southern long you may have heard me refer to River as Cat, and myself as Dog. Those nicknames came about
One Belle’s Response to the NYT’s — Frankly, We Do Give a Rip
Yes, yes, and yes. I saw the piece in the New York Times, the one that suggested southern chivalry is dead, or at least wounded, and manners are on the decline. It did ruffle my southern feathers and I have decided to opine. I took a few days to consider whether or not anything good could be gained by my wading into the conversation, but when you're known as The Belle of All Things Southern,
