Choosing faith over fear in the everyday...
Making peace with your enemy The slate-colored sky surrounded the endless meadows on either side of the road as my Toyota sliced through the frigid afternoon air—ask anyone who lives in the Pacific Northwest, it's all gray and green until sometime in June. I was headed North after an entire day away at a ... read more
There are days where God's grace is enormous and I feel it all around me. And then there are the days where it's nowhere to be found—well, at least I can't feel it. The former are the days I desperately want to hoard grace for the latter. Oh, never heard of grace hoarding, you say? Maybe it's not a ... read more
I was floating amongst laughing children while the sun glistened off of the rippling waves of chlorinated bliss. Shrieks and shrills fell like raindrops around me as I bobbed up and down with the movement of the water. The pool cooled my hot skin and for the moment, I felt weightless, even with an eight-month pregnancy ... read more
I've heard it said that "writers write." In light of this, a goal of mine has been to set aside time to write every day for 2019. What can I say, it's been a moving target so far this year... However, I can at least focus on Tuesdays and Fridays because my younger boys, whom I home school, go to their co-op school on ... read more
"Fear and worry are a sin and God tells us not to be anxious." If I had a dollar for every time I've heard this, I'd be a rich lady. Although there's truth to those words above, as with most things, it's only part of the story. If you're anything like me and struggle with anxiety/fear/worry but are also a ... read more
I read a great blog post recently on the words men love to hear and I immediately thought of my boys... As I was reading through Melanie's great points on things we need to say to our men, I began thinking of the things my young men needed to hear from their mom. Because, after all, mama's, we're the "woman in their ... read more
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