by Leslie Sholly | Nov 14, 2017 | review, shopping, sponsored, Uncategorized
I was a sophomore in high school when I first discovered makeup. I remember how much fun I had experimenting back then. I can even remember the name of my favorite lipstick! Nowadays, though, makeup is a special occasion thing for me. So you might find it...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 14, 2017 | shopping, sponsored, Uncategorized, us family guide
The world is making sure we know that CHRISTMAS IS COMING. And that’s why I am getting many requests to share products with you here on the blog. As a US Family Guide blogger I get offers to share with you, and a free product to try in exchange for my honest...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 10, 2017 | review, shopping, Uncategorized, us family guide
Y’all, I loved to play them when I was little. I was always begging my parents to play, with minimal success. And now that I have a kid begging me to play LIFE, I totally understand where they were coming from! There are board games designed to be fun for...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 8, 2017 | shopping, sponsored, Uncategorized, us family guide
I know I always used to like to pretend to be one, trying to swim with my legs together at the pool in the summertime. Too bad this was not a thing back then. Yes, you now have the opportunity to make someone’s mermaid dream come true! Now, before I go any...
by Leslie Sholly | Aug 29, 2017 | Catholicism, Everyday Ediths, Uncategorized
I sat at my desk, head down, long hair hiding my face. On the blue folder in front of me, in Catholic-school cursive, I wrote the word miserable over and over again, covering the folder in a graphite cri de couer, addressed to no one in particular. I was in the...
by Leslie Sholly | Jun 29, 2017 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Everyday Ediths, Uncategorized
Leaps of faith are a fact of life in our family. Our family life has been built on radical acts of trusting that everything would work out one way or the other. John and I had been married eleven months and had a baby on the way when we abandoned good jobs in...