A few years ago my husband was traveling quite a bit, leaving me at home alone with four kids. Four. Little ones, like 5, 4, 3 and newbie.  It was rough.  Sometimes it was all I could do not to be bitter at him, or at least at the freedom he seemed to have as…

His blue eyes sparkled as he told me every last detail. My five-year-old’s eyes slay me.  And with so many stories to tell during these holiday-days, I am often completely taken with the joy in his eyes.  I use to sit in wonder of those moms who seemed to actually enjoy school breaks with their…

November is National Adoption Month. As a mama who has walked through both domestic and international adoptions, this month stirs up so many emotions.  Emotions of both joy and pain.  Thoughts of birth parents, stories of orphanages.  The hoops, the paperwork.  Monthly pictures sent of those sweet smiling faces, just waiting.   Oh, the waiting.  It…

Today, I’m over with my friend, Becky Harling.  She is an incredible speaker and author, mother of four as well as our our lead pastor’s wife.  This amazing woman of God is the author of a new book called “The 30 Day Praise Challenge”.  It is absolutely changing the way that I approach life (if…

The year was 1963.   Fifty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King stood and delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.  And while this is a huge iconic moment in American history, for our family it’s straight up reality. In 1963, a woman by the name of Helen Parker was living in northeastern…

WE MADE IT!!!!! Girls we made it to our last week of our Summer to Soak!  I am so incredibly thankful for every one of you that took the challenge to spend your summer soaking in God’s Word.  So many of you have shared with me that you’ve seen and experienced God in new ways,…

How much information can you absorb in one minute? Every day we take in a crazy amount of info, don’t we?  Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and CNN keep us updated on everything from news to celebrity gossip to the perfect way to throw a birthday party.   We scan over headlines, posts and pictures as quickly as…

Earlier in my life I experienced an event no woman should ever have to go through.  I was assaulted by a man who had stalked me for several months.  It was an incredibly traumatizing time, and this event, though it could have been much worse, was overwhelming.  The man was eventually caught, but plead not…

I had blown it. And I knew I deserved whatever came my way. I sat down and told my husband about a mistake I had made that negatively impacted our family financially. It had cost us money we didn’t have, and I deserved every bit of criticism he surely had for me. So I sat,…

A couple summers ago, one of my sons struggled with fear.  He would become anxious and scared over several things, especially at night.  The Lord brought 2 Timothy 1:7 to my mind, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind.”  I began to teach it…