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The Golden Moments
There are these moments. You know the ones. The ones that bring us to our knees. Shake us to our absolute core. Causing us to come...

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Jun 29, 20213 min read


Motherhood is Humbling Yourself in God's Name
Within 28 hours of this photo being taken... I watched my baby have an asthma attack. I walked into the ER just before 2:00 AM. I caught...

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Jun 26, 20212 min read


The Worthy Ministry of Stay-at-Home Mamas
"When did being 'just' a stay-at-home mom become not enough?" I can’t remember the exact context of the conversation. But his words...

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Jun 23, 20213 min read


A Mother's Love will Forever Stop Me in My Tracks...
It stops me in my tracks every single time... The little scrunched up knees. The little busy toes, finally resting The mesmerizing,...

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Jun 20, 20211 min read


There's just something about a grandma's hug...
There's just something about a grandma's hug. Something that makes you want to unbuckle your seat belt and run back into her house, for...

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Jun 17, 20211 min read


Dear Dads, You Set the Standard for Your Daughter
“I don’t deserve this, Mommy and Daddy,” she whispered. Just loud enough to compensate for the sizzle of the boiling pasta water and...

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Jun 15, 20212 min read


A Prayer for My Daughter
Dear Daughter, I pray the world never gets so loud that you can no longer find God's voice. My prayer is never that you win every race;...

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Jun 6, 20211 min read


Your Worth, In Him
“You won’t find it in there,” He sternly nudged. “You never will. What you are looking for cannot be found in your phone. In social...

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May 25, 20212 min read


To the Homeschooling Mama: the Quiet, Unsung Hero
I never thought I’d be a homeschooling mom. For twelve years, I got up and was ready to be out the door and in a classroom as an...

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May 21, 20212 min read


God Meets Mothers
Have you ever stopped to think about just how often God meets mothers? For, mothers? Their to-do lists never end. Their minds never stop...

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May 19, 20212 min read


Love Beyond-Extraordinary
I didn’t get to sleep in. My little five-AM wake-up call doesn’t have a snooze button. I didn’t have a day without arguing or tears....

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May 10, 20212 min read


Sweet Mama, You Are Never Alone
Last night was one of those nights. The kind of night, up with the baby. Then losing myself in mindless Facebook scrolling. Feeling worse...

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May 4, 20214 min read


God's Unfathomable Love
Confession... A secret, deeply-rooted, life-long one. Yet, one I know I don't carry alone. A secret that has weighed me down. A secret...

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Apr 30, 20212 min read


God's Covenant in Broken Moments
There are these moments. Raw. Broken. Shattered. Unbearable, soul-shaking moments. These moments. Moments unseen by the eyes of the...

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Apr 28, 20211 min read


The WomAn at the Well
How often do you find yourself as one of the women at the well? Not the womAn. The womEn. The women who met up daily to gossip. The women...

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Apr 22, 20213 min read


Finding God' Voice
Sometimes, it can feel almost impossible. To find it. To seek it. To discern it. To listen to it. God's sweet, encouraging voice......

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Apr 20, 20212 min read


A Mother Never Stops Battling
There’s simply never an end to how many times a mother lines up to go to battle for her babies. Day in. And day out. Never an end to the...

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Apr 17, 20211 min read


Anchoring to Mary on Holy Saturday
Weep? Prepare? Rejoice? Holy Saturday tends to present itself as a day of mystery. Sandwiched between the dark and somber of Good...

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Apr 3, 20212 min read


Staying in Stride with God
Sometimes, I leave God in the dust. Sometimes, the childlike excitement of life surges through my veins, and I bound ahead. Sometimes, my...

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Mar 30, 20212 min read


Dear Heavenly Father, Stay with Me
The sun has yet to rise, Lord. Quiet is this house. The peaceful, thoughtful kind. The only sounds heard are my whispers to you. Already...

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Mar 26, 20212 min read
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