When's the last time you were unsure how to proceed? When there were many doors from which to choose ... all seemingly good ... but you just couldn't get clarity about which one to approach. Doors of Campinas, Brazil My "last time" started a few years ago, and things still haven't gotten much clearer. Plan A: (2010) Open Etsy shop selling vintage linens and dishes. Start blog and do tablescapes featuring items for sale. (2012) Add My Place To Yours SHOPPING and feature more sale items. Reality: I was loving writing this blog and doing tablescapes, but the inventory overflowed and packing supplies cluttered my house ... and the whole thing was sucking my spirit dry. Besides, there ... Keep Reading...
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Tablescape Inspiration: DAILY BREAD
Welcome to My Place to Yours! I'm so glad you stopped by today. It's a "catch-up" week around here, and I don't have time for a full-blown tablescape ... but I'll share a few thoughts and an inspiration board instead. I was thinking about the Table with Heart ... and how it draws me in while giving daily sustenance to children who so desperately need it. I couldn't help but think of myself as a recipient of that same "daily bread" ... from the same Source. Me ... who so desperately needs it. My heavenly Father provides for all of my needs ... and so very many of my wants. He blesses me with calm and peace in the midst of confusion and stress ... I have but to ask. I have but to remember how He ... Keep Reading...
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HAUNTED … by Two Tattered Flags
It's a quiet weekend here at My Place, and I'm celebrating 23 years of marriage to my best friend. Seems like the perfect time to reprise a quiet, reflective post ... Haunted ... in Broad Daylight (Originally published Memorial Day 2011) While scanning the military section of a large Tyler, Texas cemetery last week, I spotted you. Two small American flags, side-by-side, obviously once placed at the same time on two adjoining graves. How do I know? Well, quite frankly, you both looked alike ... but not at all like the other American flags surrounding the many graves in your vicinity. You were no longer red, white, and blue but rather red, dirty-brown, and blue -- and you were tattered. Very tattered; pieces of your ... Keep Reading...
