It’s a very interesting thing, Motherhood. It’s the ultimate battle of wills between selfishness and selflessness. I remember the first time I every truly pondered this struggle over several nights as I, nursing my own cold, had been nursing my then youngest as she dealt with her own ear infection—up all night crying, unconsolable, not wanting to be with anyone …
The Miracle of Grown-Up Friendship
Friendship. That word has been rolling around in my mind for months now. Who is your best friend? Hopefully, someone (or a few someones) immediately popped into your mind, along with flashes of all the amazing memories you’ve made together. However, if you’re over the age of 30, I’d venture to guess you had to think for a minute. Maybe …
My Newest Travel Obsession
This post contains affiliate links It’s summertime, and that means lots of us are on the road — a LOT! Admittedly, we don’t travel nearly as much as we did when we lived overseas, but with my husband’s family 2 hours away, and my family 3 states away, we still have our fair share of road time. So, I was …
Pregnant With Hope
We live in a dark world. A dark world full of dark people capable of unthinkable evil. And hope, like a newly conceived baby, is fragile and can be easily trampled by the realities we face everyday in our neighborhoods, cities and on the television.
It’s easy to let the darkness reign and fill in the cracks where faith can’t provide a tidy answer or wrap life up into a pretty little object lesson with a perfectly packaged solution at the end of the puzzle. Hope gets buried among the grief, disgust and confusion of it all.
What Little League Taught Me About Faith
A soft breeze, warm with the heat of an Arizona October, brushes my face. The scent of stale popcorn, bubble gum, and dust hangs in the air. I squint against the bright sunlight and scan the field. Ah! There he is. My 6-year-old-the-size-of-a-9-year-old has assumed the ready position way out in left field. Again. Never mind the pitcher hasn’t even …
My New Year’s Non-Resolution Lifesaver!
This post contains affiliate links If you’ve been following me on Instagram for any amount of time, you’ll know that before Christmas, I started a new workout program. Just…don’t ask me how it’s going, mmmkay? Ha! Well, I’ve been feeling the pull for a long time to get back to taking better care of myself — moving my body in …
Does Your Heart need a Total Christmas Makeover?
I absolutely love Christmas. I always have. This year, however, as the blessed day draws nearer, I feel a tightening in my chest. A heaviness settling on my shoulders and my teeth grind just a bit harder. I feel it…the suffocating pressure for a solid Christmas “performance” in my home. I don’t usually feel this way, but I think the …
Why I’m Doing the Job I Didn’t Want to Do
I recently accepted a job. This job was an answer to prayer in so many ways—and it’s a job I said I’d never do again. Before we ever went overseas, I taught first grade for a year. That was one tough year. First year teacher, mid-year created class, and a group of students who hadn’t been told why they had …
How I Curl My Hair: Beachy Waves
Ok, guys. Yes, I’m about to do a post about my hair. I don’t normally do “beauty” posts, and certainly not tutorials on it, but when I posted this pic on Instagram: You all went crazy for it (thank you, by the way!!) and kept asking how I did it. I came across this style sort of by fluke. I …
Would I Have Really Known? {Thoughts on ‘Mary, Did You Know?’}
I close my eyes and in an instant I’m back in time. Back to that glider-rocker in the perfect shade of cream to tie the nursery together. Back to when I would sit and rock, absently rubbing my burgeoning belly and treasuring all the precious thoughts I had towards that sweet baby growing and wriggling within. It was such a …
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