It’s not my turn. It’s not my turn to go where I want, when I want. It’s not my turn to put my wants and needs first. It’s not my turn to get butterflies on a first date. It’s not my turn to plan a wedding. I’ve had my turn. It’s not my turn to […]
My kids don’t care that their bread isn’t homemade. My kids don’t care that we don’t take fancy vacations every summer. My kids don’t care that I feel more confident and put-together in skinny jeans than straight and baggy ones. My kids don’t care that I drive a used minivan with some body damage. My
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May of 2023, we got a puppy. May of 2023, you know, when we had 2 young daughters, were fostering an 11 year old girl, and I was 7 months pregnant with our son…yeah, great time for a puppy. Were we crazy? Yes. Our daughter Riley is obsessed with dogs, so she got to go
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Out of our three babies, he was the strongest and most active in utero. He could hold his head up on Day 1; support his entire upper body during Week 1. Everyone who holds him says “wow, he is so strong!” Even his pediatrician…and she’s held a lot of babies. And you know what? I
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7 Things I’ve learned from my first week in the car line at school… 1) The front of the drop off line is reserved for special people and I don’t have what it takes to be one of them 2) If you hit a curb once (…maybe twice…) your Kindergartener will mock you eternally and
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Our girls have long been out of the diaper bag phase. It’s a lot easier now to leave the house without needing to remember diapers, wipes, snacks, changes of clothes…you know, diaper bag stuff! Now, however, they like to bring as many toys as possible with them everywhere we go – especially my 5 year
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If you’ve ever taught (or even just heard) a child to pray, you know how sincere and heartfelt their prayers can be. I’ve mentioned before that our youngest daughter (who just turned 5) has a little bit of a speech delay that she is currently receiving therapy for. As a result, the verbal skills we
Our 4 year old is scary smart in a lot of ways. For example, she has a lot of questions lately about death (due to the loss of a friend) and is trying to make sense of it all – which is hard for adults, let alone a preschooler! The kinds of questions she’s been
We’re busy. In fact, I don’t know anyone who would say they aren’t busy. And I always feel in a hurry. A constant state of “mental hustle” as I once heard it described. We hurry to get dressed,Hurry to put on pajamas.Hurry to get in our car seats,And hurry to get out.Hurry to make dinner,And
My husband’s favorite treat is no bake cookies. As a youth minister, summer is really his go-time and he travels more than he usual does. Whenever he comes home, the girls and I like to have a special treat ready for him. Hearing how much they miss him and how excited they are for him
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Spinning around in my living room, I was completely overwhelmed and drowning in the newborn days of first-time motherhood. The dishwasher. The bed. The laundry. How do people do all of this? How do they take care of kids and the house? How do they have any time for themselves at all?! The feeding.The laundry
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