A Little Bit Of Me | Lifestyle Blog by Charnita Fance

Worthy Girl: Believing in God's BIG Purpose for You is a picture book written by Marshawn Evans Daniels and published by Zonderkidz. It came out on September 15, 2026, and it's aimed at girls ages 4 to 8. The whole point of the book is pretty simple. It tells girls, in language a little kid can actually follow, that they're loved, chosen, and made on purpose for something that matters. That might sound like a message you've heard before, but Daniels writes it in a way that feels more like a poem than a lecture. The text has a rhythm to it, so it reads well out loud, which matters a lot for a bedtime book. You're not fighting through stiff sentences trying to make it sound natural. It already sounds like something you'd want to say to a kid you love. Disclosure: I received this item free in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are 100% my own. Daniels isn't new to this kind of message. She's the creator of the Godfidence movement , which is bas...

Some books about mental illness stay clinical. This one doesn't. He Never Let Go: Overcoming the Trauma of Mental Illness with God's Love is Pamela A. Waggoner Good's memoir about growing up with a mother who lived with paranoid schizophrenia and what that childhood did to her sense of safety, worth, and identity for decades afterward. It's not an easy read, but it's not written to be. It's written for the person who's been holding it together on the outside while falling apart on the inside, which is a role I know something about myself. Disclosure: I received this item free in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are 100% my own. I manage generalized anxiety disorder along with a handful of other health conditions, so I decided to check out this book out of curiosity about how it would handle mental illness inside a Christian framework. A lot of faith-based books either oversimplify mental health struggles or avoid them altogether. Pam Good does...

I've been carrying the NLT Pocket Thinline Bible, Filament Enabled, in my purse for a couple of weeks, and the first thing worth reporting is that I actually carry it. That sounds like a low bar. It isn't. I own bigger Bibles with wider margins and much friendlier print, and most of them sit on a shelf because taking one anywhere means committing to it. This one is roughly the size of a smartphone, so it just goes where I go, and I stop thinking about it. The other half of this Bible is the free Filament Bible app , which does something pretty invaluable. You point your phone camera at the page number, and it pulls up study notes, devotionals, maps, and videos for that exact page. So a Bible with nothing printed in the margins still gets you study notes. Disclosure: I received this item free in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are 100% my own. ⚡ Key Takeaways 📖 The NLT Pocket Thinline Bible is smartphone-sized with 6-point type, so it travels ...

Fall is an expensive season if you're not paying attention. Between the pull toward a "fall wardrobe refresh," the rising heating bill (which I am not looking forward to), and every store suddenly pushing seasonal everything, it's easy to spend a lot more than you meant to before you've even hit the holidays. I've had to get intentional about this myself, especially while working toward other financial goals, and most of what's helped is boring, practical, and not about depriving yourself of anything cozy. This isn't a lecture about cutting out lattes. It's a realistic plan for enjoying the parts of fall you actually love while keeping your spending in check before the bigger holiday costs show up. ⚡ Key Takeaways 🧥 Fall wardrobe spending sneaks up fast. Knowing the difference between essential layers and impulse buys saves real money. 🔥 Heating bills climb steadily through fall, so preparing for that increase now...