Callie Feyen

After reading a post by Addie Zierman about Advent Junk Journals, I decided to take her ideas and have my students put together Advent Scrapbooks the last three weeks in my classroom. They took their prayer journals, which were file folders, split them in two, and bound them together with rings. I passed out excerpts from Luke, carols, poetry, and… View Post

‘Tis that time of year, and in case you are looking around for great gifts, here are a few out in the world that I think are pretty great. Coffee+Crumbs calendar.  Each month has a lovely inspirational motherhood phrase, and gorgeous sketch. My favorite is the riff on Friday Night Lights: “Tired eyes, full hearts.” Order one here. 40 Days of… View Post

My teaching buddy Erin recently took her students on a short trek along a patch of woods behind our school during their study of Frankenstein. “The world to me was a secret which I desired to divine,” Victor says in Chapter 2 of Shelley’s mysteriously haunting book, and off Erin took them to discover the divine on a rather misty morning…. View Post

It is not easy to watch Hadley play goalie, and I wrote a little story about it for Coffee+Crumbs. You can read it here.

I am excited to debut on Her View From Home this morning. I’m writing a little story about my sweet friend Angela.  It’s all her fault that I love fall scented candles.  Read more here. And in case you weren’t sure, Hadley is currently 9 going on  14. Lord, help me. This has absolutely nothing to do with my writing… View Post