As I walked into the hospital with my baby snugly wrapped to my chest in my oh-so-cute Mei Tai, with my sleek and stylish diaper bag slung diagonally across us both, I took notice of the barrage of tired mamas who exited the same doors with weary looks on their faces. Most of them struggled… Read more…
As we paraded into the building to watch his brother's ending ceremony for this basketball season, his fit grew exponentially in intensity. Heads were turning and the weight of his outrage and disobedience weighed heavy on my shoulders. Just that morning his father and I had been reading about heartfelt discipline that goes beyond reaction… Read more…
I had been anticipating Monday night for weeks now. As soon as I got into the meat of Desperate the first time I read it, I knew that I wanted to read it again in community with other ladies who are feeling and experiencing the same things. So, at the start of the year I… Read more…
I originally started writing this on January 2- a week ago- the very day that the flu ended up sweeping in and kicking my family’s butt (right off… I no longer have a butt, quite literally, because of it). So, I realize that we are already 9 days into the new year and I failed… Read more…
Where do I begin with this book- Desperate by Sally Clarkson and Sarah Mae? I just read the final words in this heartfelt, soul connecting volume and I am choking back tears. Tears from the honest reminder that God so loves me, for real, and my kids too. Tears from the awe I have at… Read more…
The Bold Husband had been gone working out of town for a night so I let the princes of the house camp out on my floor. Well, wouldn’t you know it, their blankets still lingered there on the night The Bold Husband returned, so I relented and granted them one more night of slumbering en… Read more…
When I woke up to my little country world blanketed in white I felt both shock and dread. I had just been easing my way into fall and now all of the sudden winter had descended- I was less than thrilled. But for all my dread I still couldn't force myself to make my… Read more…
You change every day my sweet little lady and it is so fun to watch! You have now started making this adorable little squealng sound that your brothers never did and it delights me so much to see your little girly differences! You love to “superman” and then come down really quickly on my chest-… Read more…
Sometimes I don't know which I'm lacking more of, motivation or energy. Is it just my body that is drained, just my mind and my emotions or is it a big soup of it all? There are a good many mornings that I just don't want to get out of bed and then I spend… Read more…
I recently saw a segment on the Today show that talked about a study in which they found that people who make their beds every day are happier. They had a whole mock-bedroom set up and a gal there who went through various ideas to help make your bed-making a happy-making routine. She listed off… Read more…
