Lydia Vogt, Author at Missionary Mama

A Prayer for Pre-K

Lydia Vogt — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 11:43:25 +0000

It doesn’t happen often, but occasionally, a milestone will catch me off-guard. Sometimes sentiment bubbles up and swells into tears. Other times, pride, excitement, and deepening relationship with my growing-up boys casts sparkling light on a new day that makes it easier to relinquish their...

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Let there be Light

Lydia Vogt — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 04:37:55 +0000

It started like a mostly ordinary Monday, except that I had a morning professional phone call that ran long and my husband got started to work late because he had masterfully been keeping our sons from banging on my door during the call. Then we...

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Decently in Order(ish)

Lydia Vogt — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 01:47:37 +0000

Anyone else have memories of walking into an office at 7:00 a.m. and opening Outlook, complete with color-coded flags, alerts, reminders, and perfectly prioritized task lists? Organization with a side of coffee and an hour of quiet before the rat race reruns begin. So structured, so...

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Buyers are not Beggars

Lydia Vogt — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 04:07:58 +0000

“Rain, rain, go away!” I sang, trying to cheer my cabin fever frustrated sons. Several days of continuous downpour had us all antsy for sunshine. We decided to “set up shop,” using a large tumbling mat to construct the back and side walls of our...

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Gifts Grandparents Give

Lydia Vogt — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 20:35:37 +0000

Sometimes I catch myself trying to be more than a mom to my boys. It was subtle at first, so subtle it took me awhile to recognize what was happening; but when the realization finally tiptoed into my awareness, I knew exactly what stood behind...

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Trusting Love

Lydia Vogt — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 05:14:38 +0000

Happy almost Valentine’s Day, everybody! Did you just say, “ugh”? I definitely heard a silent ugh. Or was that in my own head? 🙂 Don’t get me wrong, I’m undeniably romantic. But Valentine’s Day rolls around each year and feels a little forced and fabricated;...

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Beginning Brave

Lydia Vogt — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 11:03:26 +0000

What is it about beginnings anyway? Such a two-sided coin: all the anticipation of what good may come, with the shadows of doubt, dread, and despair lingering nearby; always poised to creep closer, frenemies forever willing to help us “keep it real.” SOMETHING TO LOOK...

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The Christmas Tree of Life

Lydia Vogt — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 15:58:34 +0000

How much do you know about your family history? As a young girl, I remember listening while my great-grandmother, born in 1900 to an English immigrant and his wife, sat in a puffy blue recliner weaving together stories about the “way things were” in the rural...

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A New Kind of Thankful

Lydia Vogt — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 05:21:55 +0000

Does Thanksgiving give anyone else “spiritual” anxiety? If I’m honest, reflecting on blessings is sometimes hard. Not because I have a shortage of things for which to be thankful, but because I’m never quite sure my heart is as thankful as it should be. Give two seconds’ thought...

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Quieted by Love

Lydia Vogt — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 11:33:58 +0000

These last few weeks have been anything but quiet: We had a serious health scare with an immediate family member; the kind of scare that leads to strings of sleepless nights, travels, phone calls, research, and endless tearful prayers. My husband is bogged down with...

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