I hid in my room tonight while my children ate dinner. Why? Because for the hour prior to that, our home was filled with the sounds of unkindness at various volume levels, from normal, to maximum screaming for effect, including one unholy growl and a very...
Well, I lied. I said I wasn’t the practical one, but I am back with real-world ideas for gluten free snacks for your children all while staying in your grocery budget. (Which is a pipe-dream for us most days, but we are getting there. Baby steps,...
So here is the thing about us moms. Aren’t we all just trying to make the broken things a bit more beautiful? My dear friend wrote a sprawling, honest manifesto last year on motherhood. One of my favorites. “Filling someone’s heart and loving another as they journey...
Oh glorious Monday! You heard me right, I am celebrating Monday today because 1) I love May. Bring me aaaaalllll the flowers. And 2) my husband is home. He was away on a 10 day trip, and I can't lie, it wasn't pretty around our...
Good Monday morning friends! In the midst of post-Easter sugar meltdowns, I have some practical tips for managing your children's emotions. If you have spent any time in this space here, you know two things about me. First, I’m not necessarily the practical one. I like...
Resurrection Sunday is my favorite day. Some {non-judgmental} context … we don’t “do” Egg hunts, Easter baskets or the Easter Bunny. Matching outfits is the lone non-Jesus related thing we do on this day - remnants, I suppose, of a childhood where my mother made us...
I have a confession to make. I made an idol of my children. More accurately, the idea of my children, and my expectations of who they would be. I just knew, thanks to my loving yet firm hand, that they would exhibit first time obedience and perfect church behavior....
We went on a family retreat this weekend - hence the lateness of my post. We rushed back into town today, swung by the house, picked up some presents, ran frantically through Giant grabbing Lego batman toys, a premade cake, candles and a pack of...
I think I saw the red and pink hearts in Target somewhere around January 3rd. I think I actually bought the kiddos their class valentines somewhere around January 7. (Planning ahead for the win!). I used to hate Valentine’s Day, and I still think it...
My offering to you today is a short, simple reminder of the task we've been given. Why do we do what we do? I struggle mightily as a parent. We have four under the age of nine and we are in the thick of it. Diapers...