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The Beauty of Rest in Our Motherhood
It shouldn’t be like this, you know? This continuous feeling of being steamrolled by our own motherhood. Sheer exhaustion. Day in. And...

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Nov 22, 20212 min read
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God's Sweet, Amazing Grace
Five cups of hot chocolate and a Netflix Christmas movie. That's how Friday night ended. That's not how, however, how Friday night...

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Nov 17, 20212 min read
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Our Children Always Deserve Our Grace
This 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...

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Aug 26, 20213 min read
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A 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...

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Aug 6, 20212 min read
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Sometimes, 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...

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Aug 3, 20211 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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She rises...
When the day is done, and she has done her best, after she lays her head down, for what she knows will be only a brief rest; she rises....

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Mar 12, 20211 min read
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Our Messes, His Grace
Everyday our little guy dumps his food on the wrong side of the sink. Trying to keep up with his big sisters, but not quite understanding...

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Feb 20, 20212 min read
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Perfection is Overrated, But God's Grace?
I cringe at perfect. It's hard for me to even fathom. And that's a lot to admit from a (still) recovering perfectionist. There are days...

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Feb 12, 20212 min read
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The Messes Make Us Whole
Oh, some days I think the sound will absolutely do me in. The gritty crunch and crack. The dozens of crushed pieces. Underfoot and...

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Feb 8, 20211 min read
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2020, meet 2021...with grace, please
2020, You were a year. A year the world never expected. But, a year God knew was coming, all along. A year that threatened to break us. A...

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Jan 5, 20212 min read
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A Walk with God and Anxiety
"You have it backwards, you know?" He said sternly. Stopped me right in my walking tracks. As I paused and found myself entranced with...

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Jan 2, 20214 min read
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He Meets Us in our Messes
Sunday mornings are for meeting Jesus. That's what so many of us learn. What so many of us try to embrace. Sunday mornings are for...

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Dec 26, 20202 min read
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Dec 13, 20200 min read
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First, there was simple...
Before the need for perfect, there was simple. Oh, so completely simple. A stable. Wooden manger. An exhausted new mother. A terrified...

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Dec 12, 20201 min read
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Meeting Jesus Where We Need Him
Sunday mornings are for meeting Jesus. That's what so many of us learn. What so many of us try to embrace. Sunday mornings are for...

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Dec 9, 20202 min read
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