easpennerNov 23, 20212 minThe Beauty of Rest in Our MotherhoodIt shouldn’t be like this, you know? This continuous feeling of being steamrolled by our own motherhood. Sheer exhaustion. Day in. And...
easpennerNov 20, 20212 minBroken HallelujahI can't ever get through this song without tears. Without goosebumps. Without imagining every word. Without wanting to fall straight to...
easpennerNov 17, 20212 minGod's Sweet, Amazing GraceFive cups of hot chocolate and a Netflix Christmas movie. That's how Friday night ended. That's not how, however, how Friday night...
easpennerNov 15, 20213 minSometimes, God lets you break...Sometimes, God has to let us break to piece us back together again. Sometimes, God has to allow our layers to peel back, exposing our...
easpennerOct 11, 20213 minMotherhood is Too Beautiful Even for SatanI want to let you in on a little secret, sweet mamas. Satan will never stop trying. He will never, ever stop trying to destroy your...
easpennerOct 6, 20211 minThe Gift of the Wild ChildThe gift of the wild child. Not everyone receives the gift of the wild child, but when you do, you'll know--for she is nothing less...
easpennerAug 26, 20213 minOur Children Always Deserve Our GraceThis was the scene last night of a mighty, mighty battle… …a little boy taking on the world with his strong will and terrible threes… …a...
easpennerAug 24, 20213 minBeauty From Ashes in a Broken WorldWe can end this tireless tirade the enemy has sweeping the world right now, you know? We have this incredible ability to stop it...
easpennerAug 22, 20211 minA Mama Never Stops Giving Pep-TalksThere’s never an end to the amount of pep talks a mama gives to her children. Never an end to her questioning of whether she said...
easpennerAug 20, 20212 minOur children needs us now, more than ever before...If ever there was a picture to encapsulate the emotions of our children this past year...this is it. I took this photo a few days before...
easpennerAug 18, 20211 minA Mama Tries So Hard Not to Blink...A mama tries so hard not to blink. A mama tries so hard not to blink, because she knows just exactly what that blink means... …just a...
easpennerAug 8, 20212 minA Mama's Heart is Always With Her ChildrenEvery time a mama watches her child walk away, she feels a piece of her heart walk away too; and wherever a mama's babies go, a piece of...
easpennerAug 8, 20212 minGrowing in LoveWhen a relationship first begins, we often fall in love with the best parts of one another. There is often a physical attraction that...
easpennerAug 6, 20212 minA Mama Just Needs a Minute...A mama stays up late to set it all down... Ask just about any mama, and she’ll tell you—even if she falls asleep sitting up on the...
easpennerAug 3, 20211 minSometimes, being a mama means taking a lifeboat ride on the ever-giving waves of God's grace...Sometimes, being a mama means not wanting to do one more thing. It means passing up a sink full of dishes, over and over, and over...
easpennerAug 2, 20213 minOur girls need us now more than ever...Our girls need us. Our girls need us now more than ever before. Satan has found ways to reach our girls in ways we could never imagine....
easpennerJul 26, 20212 minI went to church on the water...I went to church on the water last week. Not in a church pew. Not singing hymns. Or with a Bible in my lap. Rather, I found God under the...
easpennerJul 8, 20212 minWhat if this is the year God set the world afire in His name?God knew about this past year, you know? He already knew. He knew it was coming. What if this is the year He has been waiting for, as the...
easpennerJul 4, 20212 minThe Bittersweet Beauty of SurrenderIf you’ve ever had a relapse with your anxiety, you just know. You know the wave of exhaustion. You know the unshakable fear. You know...
easpennerJul 1, 20212 minYou don't need a spotlight to hold God's attention...Some of us will never make it big. Some of us will never have anything go viral. Some of us may never be truly known by more than a few....