Latest Blog Posts for The Lettered Cottage

• Thought-Full Thursday (Faith)
  on Jul 2, 2015 in Thought-full Thursday
  “Fear is the glue that keeps you stuck. Faith is the solvent that sets you free.” -Shannon L. Alder Here’s to letting go, and finding comfort in the Truth that some things have to be believed to be seen. XO The post Thought-Full Th...
• Fireplace Makeover Update: Hearth, Frame and Blue-Gray Boards
  on Jul 2, 2015 in Fireplace Living Room
  Okay- we’re back at it in the living room this week! What once was half-sized: …is now super-sized: What fun to see it coming to life! The new hearth topper (a 2″ slab of limestone from Acme Brick) went down first, and then we start...
• Our Baby Boy!
  on Jun 30, 2015 in Adoption
  “He looked at me, that first day, like he had just found something he’d lost a thousand years ago.” -Jennifer Elisabeth We’re back home after a whirlwind trip to Haiti to visit our boy, and I can’t tell you how good it was to see hi...
• Thought-Full Thursday (Movement)
  on Jun 24, 2015 in Thought-full Thursday
  “She writes things with her movements that I could never write with a pen.” -Christopher Poindexter Here’s to moving in ways that are impossible to put into words. XO PS- Having a blast bonding with our babe…I’ll post a...
• We’re Off To The Angel House!
  on Jun 23, 2015 in Adoption Three Angels Children's Relief
  “God’s not done with me yet. He’s got plans to use this broken voice, and this broken vessel to talk about His goodness.” -Peter DeSoto Okay! By the time this post is published, Kevin and I will be on our way to Atlanta, where...
• Visiting Our Baby!
  on Jun 21, 2015 in Adoption Three Angels Children's Relief
  “You make beautiful things, You make beautiful things out of us. All around, hope is springing up from this old ground. Out of chaos, life is being found in You.” -‘Beautiful Things’ by Gungor Wow! This month FLOWN! We fly out lat...
• Galvanized Lights For The Dining Room (Barn Light Electric)
  on Jun 19, 2015 in Dining Room Lighting
  “Inside a barn is a whole universe, with its own time zone and climate and ecosystem, a shadowy world of swirling dust illuminated in tiger stripes by light shining through the cracks between the boards. Old leather tack, lengths of chain, rope, an...
• Thought-Full Thursday (Magic)
  on Jun 17, 2015 in Thought-full Thursday
  “What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.” -W.H. Davies I found that quote and the following story on page 60 of the 1 Book today: “The Man In The Metro” It was all videotaped by a hidden camera.
• Big Dreams, Full Heart
  on Jun 16, 2015 in Blog Threads T-shirts
  Okay- it’s Blog Threads day! 😀 The phrase on this month’s t-shirt was drawn by my super-talented friend Rachel Odom, and was inspired by the end of Jess Wasserman’s Instagram bio: (PS- If you haven’t visited her site LynMarie...
• Baked Ziti Recipe (Southern Bite)
  on Jun 15, 2015 in Recipe
  “Feeding people makes me happy. It’s just about as plain and simple as that.” -Stacey Little I invited a super-talented (local) fella over to guest post today, and I’m so excited for you to e-meet him if you haven’t already...

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