Cassie Pattillo

I love a snow day. When I was a teacher, checking the weather forecast became one of my favorite hobbies during the winter months. I would pray for snow and then anxiously wait to hear if we would indeed get a snow day. When I decided to stay at home with my boys, I wondered…

Happy New Year!  I’m not one that’s big on resolutions or having a “word of the year”.  It’s not for any particular reason necessarily.  It’s just something that I have never really felt led to do.  I was driving to Wal-Mart last night, with a million thoughts swirling through my head, and I began to grow…

I was sitting in my living room today feeling a bit overwhelmed.  Can any of you relate?  I began to look around and suddenly felt the weight of post-Christmas.  There’s a tree that needs to be un-decorated.  There are stockings that need to come down.  There’s a giant Thomas the Train and tracks covering the…

If you knew my mom, you knew that she had a gift of hospitality.  This time of year, you could find her hosting her and my dad’s 11th & 12th grade Sunday school class for a night of food and games to celebrate Christmas.  In the fall, you could find her hosting a tailgate before one…

Christmas is such a fun time of year!  There are presents to buy and wrap, beautiful decorations, Christmas lights, Christmas movies… and the list could go on!  All of these things are so fun, but ultimately, the reason why we celebrate Christmas is the birth of Jesus.  If Jesus had not have been born, then…

Yesterday was just a normal Monday- grocery shopping, laundry, trying to convince my 2.5 year old to nap (and failing…)- but I was so thankful for this normal Monday.  Just a few weeks ago, we thought yesterday was going to be a Monday we spent in the hospital while Isaac had skull surgery to fix…

“He replied, ‘Because you have so little faith.  I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move.  Nothing will be impossible for you.’”  Matthew 17:20 (NIV) I’ve heard this verse 1000 times.  I even remember…

God is so, so good.  He has blessed me with 2 sweet boys- 2.5 years old and 2.5 months old.  Life with both of these boys is a little crazy.  There are days where I just have to sent back and laugh or I’ll cry… because I’m nursing a newborn while my toddler is putting his…