WELCOME TO MADE TO LOVE

Life is a journey.

Up until now my life been quite exciting and full of many lessons.

It’s weird to admit, but I’m entering into the ‘second’ part of life.

After more than 30 years of raising 7 kids and doing life with their many friends hanging out at our crazy house having fun and making memories, homeschooling for 25 years (one more year to go!), and working with local high school teens for the last 11 years, I feel that things are changing.

It’s causing me to wonder…what’s next?

The pace that many of our lives take on can be likened to a tire rolling down a hill. The longer it rolls, the faster and more out of control and wobbly it becomes.

This crazy busyness of life is taking us away from what is best.

We’ve been made to love – to love God and to love people. We have been fashioned to be in relationships and in community with one another. Yet in the ‘overloadedness’ of life, we miss opportunities to notice people, to listen and to learn from them; to love on them.

Our family has decided to purposefully slow down and simplify our lives; to make more time and room for friends, family, faith and fun! That’s what Made To Love is about.

We are starting with cutting down on distractions. For us, that means tons of clutter!

So we will simplify – our home, our budget, evaluate our busyness in life.

By eliminating many distractions, time will be freed up for my favorite hobby of sign making, quality time with family and friends, intentionally living a frugal and healthy lifestyle. And traveling the country! Road trips, hiking, exploring, sight seeing and taking in the wonder and beauty that the United States has to offer.

We look forward to making new friends here and  hope this will be a community you will enjoy… a place you can enter into with us. I desire to share thoughts and ideas that will encourage you think, to ponder and to grow. I hope as well that you, our readers, will share thoughts and ideas and creativity.