We have lots of family birthdays during the Summer–June, July and August require special budgeting in the Layton household for many reasons. This weekend was the first celebration of birth and life, of many to follow over the coming season. Our beautiful granddaughter Bella Grace turned 2 years old and…

I love to read and always have a stack of books next to my bed that contains a mix of Fiction and Non-Fiction but I can say without question, that my FAVORITE book is the Bible. No kidding!! The Bible is full of personal family stories, character studies, history, adventure,…

I know, I normally wax eloquent here on “Living Free”. Some DEEP stuff can be found on these pages. Life changing issues like, lost luggage and office decorating. Important facts are uncovered and researched about Tea parties and Rocking Chairs. However, sometimes, I just have to get away from all…

Confession is GOOD for the soul. God says so. My Bible Gateway listed 41 scripture verses for just the word CONFESS. 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the…

I am sitting in my prayer chair for the FIRST time since last Monday. Not because I haven’t prayed. The fact is I have prayed a LOT! I have been on lots of airplanes and when I am on airplanes, I pray without ceasing :). God knows that, maybe that…

Among more things than I could ever name here on a blog post…….. I am thankful to be sitting in the lobby of a really cool hotel in Illinois in clean clothes. American Airlines and United Airlines have finally stopped arguing about who is responsible and has located our luggage…