Hello, my friend!
I hope you’re doing well and that you had a fantastic Easter weekend with your loved ones.
We had a wonderful week leading up to Resurrection Sunday, focusing on Holy Week with nightly readings from the gospels and a few times of communion as a family as we read the Passover story in Exodus.
I love sharing the Old Testament/Old Covenant feast days with my children; it provides incredible opportunities to point them to Yeshua (Jesus) whose coming fulfilled every prophetic feast (literally translated as “appointed time”). Here’s a great read if you’re interested in this topic.
My family also does enjoy the spring-related features of Easter, so naturally, we attended several Easter egg hunts and facilitated one of our own in the backyard! Our inaugural Tyler Family Egg Hunt (I just came up with that two seconds ago and am aware of its abysmal lack of originality!) was preceded by a delicious feast of salmon, slow-cooker baby carrots, orzo rice, deviled eggs, and banana parfaits. If you like salmon, you’ve gotta check out this recipe.
Alrighty, time for this week’s Top 4. I hope you enjoy it! Please feel free to email me any time with questions or requests for future email topics at diana.tyler86@gmail.com!
GET TRUE HEALTH
“You don’t need a 10-step protocol. You need:
Less sugar
More sleep
Daily movement
Deep breaths
Clean meals
Real relationships
True health isn’t extreme. It’s consistent.” – Dr. Mark Hyman
DON’T UNDERESTIMATE “SILLY”!
“I cannot stress enough how important it is to do silly, frivolous things that serve no other purpose than making you happy.” – @reidoona (on X, I think)
LATEST PODCAST EPISODE (for the mamas!)
In this week’s episode of The Way to Grow Mom Show, I discuss why I chose not to nurse my three kids and opted to exclusively pump milk for them instead. I give a detailed breakdown of my process and share helpful tips and tricks obtained over three years’ worth of pumping success. Share with new mamas you know!
WHY HARD WORK IS WORTH IT
“ … looking at the work done and the work still to do, most people would have written the whole thing off as too much sweat for too little gain. But I didn’t want an easy life. I wanted a beautiful one.” – author Ben Short
Thank you as always for your support of my writing!
Fiction:
NEW: Where I Go Night-Night (children’s picture book)
NEW!: The God Next Door (comedic fantasy)
Medusa’s Wish (fantasy)
Moonbow: Prequel to The Petros Chronicles (fantasy)
Age of the Ashers (fantasy)
War of the Ashers (fantasy)
Fate of the Ashers (fantasy)
The Petros Chronicles Boxset
Armor for Orchids (Christian Women’s Contemporary)
Orchid Unshaken (Christian Women’s Contemporary)
Orchid Unbound (Christian Women’s Contemporary)
Orchid Unfading (Christian Women’s Contemporary)
Non-Fiction:
Fit for Faith: A Christian Woman’s Guide to Total Fitness
Perfect Fit Couples Edition: Workouts and Reflections for a Rock-Solid Relationship
Perfect Fit: Weekly Wisdom and Workouts for Women of Faith and Fitness
Perfect Fit No Excuses: 15-Minute Workouts for Life’s Busiest Days
Immeasurable Fitness Challenge: 18 Days of Total Health for Spirit, Soul, and Body
Immeasurable: Diving in the Depths of God’s Love (a memoir)