Finding Joy and Contentment in the Ordinary
A few Sunday mornings ago, while standing in the foyer at church chatting with my husband, I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned around. Standing there was my favorite Mr."R", whom I cherish immensely. "R" is one of those guys that just makes you smile with a look. He is funny, goofy, and… Continue reading Dating with Kids
Moms are notorious for scrutinizing themselves in every area of life. "Did I hug the kids enough today?" "Did they eat enough vegetables?" "Did I discipline enough? Not enough?" "Are my kids independent enough? Have I taught them enough life skills at this point?" Enough. Enough. Enough. I swear, every single time I start questioning… Continue reading Not Enough
Have you ever heard of the art of Kintsugi? The Japanese created it hundreds of years ago. It is the method of taking cracked or chipped pottery and mending it in such a way that it is more beautiful than its original state. The artist will take powered gold and mix it with a cementing… Continue reading Beautifully Broken
Tiptoeing out of the bedroom, I make no noise to wake him. I need a moment. I need to breath. I need to pray. I need to talk to God before I see his face. He rises with anger most days, full of disgust that I would wake him. The first looks I receive are… Continue reading The Challenge
May is brain cancer awareness month. It is a month FULL of emotions. The first is usually anger. Angry that I have to use my daughter's face as a poster child to get funding for a cure. Angry that there are children that suffered forty plus years ago and today, there are still no new… Continue reading Kick Off to May
I am notorious for starting projects... and not finishing them. It is shameful to say, but I am just going to be real here. If you would come to my house and open my craft box, you would find not one, not two, but 8 half done cross stitches. That is correct. For you Spanish-speaking… Continue reading It Is Finished
Raising up kids is not an easy job. If anyone tells you that it is, you should be suspicious of them.. They are either doing it wrong or they are lying. I remember when I came home from the hospital with my first born, Sam. I was exhausted, sore from a c-section, but more than… Continue reading Miracles and Kiddos
Three girls has always been the answer when asked how many kids we have. Pink and purple have littered every room since about the first day we came home with our first daughter. We know Polly Pockets, Disney Princesses, gowns, tiaras, and heels. We have owned thousands of bows, hung dresses hundreds of times, and… Continue reading What I Have Learned With a Boy
Our family just embarked upon a crazy, painful, scary, exhausting, and absolutely beautiful journey last month: Fostering a child. To get to this point, God had to do some serious renovations in our hearts. When I say this was a decade in the making, I am not exaggerating. Peter and I have talked about adopting… Continue reading The Journey Begins
There are times, too many I fear, that emotions get the best of me and I don't think before I speak, or write. I vomit out all that is running around in my head before I really look at the whole picture and process what I am feeling. It is never easy to say you… Continue reading The Gala (Revised)
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