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THE MADNESS OF MOTHERHOOD | APRIL 10TH
Moms, this year has been quite a ride. For those called to raise up the next generation, we have experienced the past year in two different ways: within ourselves, and through the eyes of our children. During this historic season, there have been moments that have been so rich. Days filled with deep family connection,…
Read MoreWhere’s the Disconnect | The Question I’m Asking Myself About Racism
I wrote this post a few years ago in response to the Charlottesville riots. All of it still holds true for me today, as we walk through this time in history, filled with such personal and national emotion. As a mother raising four children, I am responsible for how I speak out against racism in…
Read MoreI So Want To Micromanage My Kids
The other morning I was going around to bedrooms, turning off all the lights kids had left on because mornings are just a mad rush to get to school. When I got to one of my son’s rooms, I saw several papers next to his bed, and I did what you know we ALL do,…
Read MoreWhere is the Disconnect | The Question I’m Asking Myself About Racism
Where is the disconnect? I don’t know if I’ve ever written specifically about race, but with our country’s recent events, it all has me at a place that I cannot wrap my brain around. The controversy of race and people and colors…it all has me sitting in complete disbelief. I don’t know a single person in…
Read MoreRunning Our Race Because It’s Ours
So, after morning drop-off, I ran into our grocery store, I would say with no make up on, but I actually had a good amount of left-over mascara under my eyes. I hadn’t even brushed my hair, but I needed stuff to make pumpkin bread. As I was getting out of the car to go in,…
Read MoreNatalie’s Story | Because Sometimes We Need To Remember Redemption’s Hope
This today, because a few of us have had the wind knocked clean out of us this week when it comes to motherhood. Seeing that child hurt, watching them make choices, knowing that life is full of transitions. Next stages. So much this month, new seasons, graduations, end-of-school events. Calendars full and hearts filled with…
Read More5 Ways To Build Identity Into Your Kids | Weekend Challenge #2
There are some days when the urgency to do THIS WHOLE PARENTING THING WELL seems more on fire than on other days. Anyone know what I mean? My daughter came home this week with stories about value, what really matters, what’s trending on Netflix, and the more she talked the more I felt myself turning…
Read MoreWhen Every Last Thing Gets Tossed About | Lessons Learned About Identity
Identity Crisis. Those two words began my journal entry. In the words that followed, I poured out my heart onto that blank screen because sometimes you just have to get it all out. The definitions came in… …a period of uncertainty and confusion in which a person’s sense of identity becomes insecure, typically due to a…
Read MoreWhy This One Gift Is The Very Best We Can Offer
We are in Week 1 of The Madness of Motherhood, and this first week we are going back to the basics, last time looking at what it means to fight for Truth, and today… grabbing onto the greatest gift we can give our children. __________________ She was missing, and my 6-year-old heart went looking. As…
Read MoreThe Madness of Motherhood, A New Series Starting Monday!
Any mamas out there in need of some soul refreshment? Then stay tuned, we have a brand new series just for you! Starting Monday, we will launch The Madness of Motherhood, a 4-week online series that will breathe fresh life into your heart, no matter what age or stage of parenting you are in. Because, truth be…
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