Service {How to Maintain Your High Maintenance Marriage :: Week 2}
So… last week I had the flu. All week. Sunday to Sunday. My sweet husband was healthy, and practiced serving me in me those first few days, letting me sleep while he watched our precious girl. And...
View ArticleOn Faith and Following
We’ve been here a little over a week now, and it’s starting to feel like home. Settling in, finding our new normal, and developing a routine. All things this type-A introvert loves. We got a slide and...
View ArticleSlow it down, Momma.
Ever since we moved, I’ve kind of been in warp speed. Unpack, unpack, unpack. Get the house put together before Jon has to go back to work. (He’s been back at work for a week and it’s still not done....
View ArticleDependence :: One Word 2014
I’ll be honest, I’m terrible at resolutions. I start out determined. Motivated. Excited! And that lasts for about a week and a half until I’ve failed in some way and decided to just eat brownies...
View ArticleHow to Know You are Loved
People have said it, but they really don’t know how true it is. “Emily is such a mini you!” Photos of me from when I was her age have matched up almost identically since her birth. She’s the spitting...
View ArticleFinding Hope, Again
It’s later than any momma should be up when both kids are sleeping, but both kids are sleeping, and the quiet brings me to the blank page. I need to tell you something. I have been thinking deeply...
View ArticleThe Power in a Single Word
If you’ve been around this place for any length of time, you know that I’m a list girl. I like my schedule, my plans, my lists. I’ve got a to-do list going each day, and more planners than I can fill....
View ArticleWhat Do We Do When Life Gets Hard?
I was listening to a podcast last week where a mom was talking about raising her kids. One of her boys had complained that something was hard, and she used it as an opportunity to teach them about the...
View ArticleBreathing Again
It felt a little bit like I hadn’t taken a deep breath in about a year. Sometimes, you don’t know you’ve been holding your breath. Like when the car in front of you stops a little too quickly, or when...
View ArticleWhen The Ground Opens Up
We got home last night from my Grandpa’s funeral. It was a quick trip – we drove down on Saturday and back yesterday. A six hour drive is really more like a nine hour drive when you’ve got two kids and...
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