Every relationship under the sun will hit a snag at some point. Some of us react differently than others. When threatened, some of us will retreat and wait till the coast is clear and there's no threat of being struck by lightning. Others of us ARE the lightening and only feel safe when we have fried the other person with laser sharp accuracy so that we can feel safe. Still others of us are more duck and weave then sniper fire. Whatever it takes to keep the other confused

Lydia's Letter AUG•20•2026 Where were we? First: Do you even want to receive this email? Please reply a simple "yes". I'm regrouping, and I don't want to fill your inbox with something that you don't want or need. Hit "unsubscribe" if you don't want this. NO hard feelings. What just happened?! To be honest, I feel like I signed on for 4 marathons. I've made it to the finish line for 3 of them. Now I need to gear up for the final. # 1 June 13 - Davis and Lizaa

Coffee Cup Revival is a gentle place for Christian friends who are lovers of Beauty in the most holy sense of the word. We share the knowledge that we're made in the image of the Beauty Maker and we want to reflect that in our lifestyles. We're creative and looking for a safe place to be encouraged and inspired. We love tips for doable creativity whether on the easel, in the kitchen or around our homes. But we are real. We don't need to be magazine ready for friends to co

Have you ever been reading a book that you had to just stop reading? That book for me is Theo of Golden by Allen Levi. But not because I don’t like it! NO! It is because I DO like it that I have to stop - just for a bit. I need to breathe. This is Mother’s Day week. I got blessed by having my daughter plan a fund raising trip allowing her to come home for Mother’s Day. Laina and Davis had prepared letters for me together and belated birthday gifts. It’s too expensive

Ever feel like that? You have no idea what you are missing, but you know it's something more? I've been painting on music for at least 7 years. But I have struggled and struggled. Never getting the vibrancy I want on canvas - or in life. Don't get me wrong. My life is AMAZING! My husband is faithful to me, loves me well and I'm crazy about him. Both my kids are in relationships that thrill us for what these two people bring out in our two people. We're planning one wedd

I've just spent my first session back to painting after going into an exhausted few weeks of depletion. To be honest, I messed up. But I showed up. For days, I could only sleep and I wasn't even doing that well. I wasn't doing anything well. I wasn't doing anything. But then a little spark lit. I thought, "Maybe I can just do a baby thing that doesn't matter if I do it or not." I put dish soap in a little squeeze bottle to take upstairs so that I can was my mouth guard. It

I've ordered a new journal. Leather with refillable pages. It has a place to keep my pen or pencil. It has elastic bands to hold the...

In just a couple of hours, I'll be heading to my tiny little book launch. Who am I to have a book launch anyway? Anyone, and I do mean...

That moment when, while all the world is swirling around you, you are slowed, stilled, into a slower place - a place in which something...

“Pebbles…” by Lydia Crouch don’t come down until I toss this pebble ...

This is for an old friend, who has become a recognized poet. It's too personal to send safely, but if they read it "on the wall" it will...

"Ladybug" by Lydia C God’s love can be tricky depending on what presuppositions I’ve tried to squeeze it into. But here’s the deal. God...

Here's the revamped cover - maybe So I'm setting the timer. Which I have to go get first. But this project is SO big that I don't...

This is the old cover, which confuses me because I redesigned it after I wrote this post. Sigh. Work is just work. So much gets lost,...

Do you ever sit in front of a glorious white page and suddenly wonder what to say? It's not the same as having nothing to say. It's...

Ay yi yi! The past few weeks have been life changing. Within a week of each other, both of our kiddos entered into dating...

Every year, I do the word thing. One year it was "play." One year it was "breathe." One year it was "peace." I don't know that this...

This is not the final art for my book cover, but I needed something to show the publisher what I have in mind. This is a blog about...

(Disclaimer: writing about clothing is wayyyyy not my normal. You'll have to read the Day 1 to understand why this seemingly shallow...

(Disclaimer: writing about clothing is wayyyyy not my normal. You'll have to read the Day 1 to understand why this seemingly shallow...