Dear Ba-Bees (Translation = What my son calls his pacifiers), Today we said goodbye to you all. I was told that some really amazing parents out there have tied you all to helium balloons and watched you fly up into the sky in a seemingly majestic...
I’m a fixer. And an empath. Those two are a tough combination when dealing with all the hurt and sin and hard in a crowded world. Because there is a whole lot you can’t fix. In January, I was able to sneak away with two dear,...
Hi Ladies! It’s been an unbelievably balmy February and I’m reveling in the warm mornings, the glorious sunshine, and the excuse to wear my husband’s basketball shorts because I’m 37 weeks pregnant and about to pop. When I can ignore the overwhelming urge to scrub the...
It's a fact: Smartphones have changed life as we know it. With the world at our fingertips, we can access email, do online banking, utilize maps, search engines, and social media at any moment of the day. For the large majority of us, our smartphones never...
As a teenager, I remember when my father would read a short devotional to me and my brother in the morning before we left for school. He wisely sought to lead our family spiritually and fill our minds and hearts with God's Word before we...
Recently my two and a half year old son has really gotten into read-aloud time. Whenever we are at home, he runs to the bookshelf, grabs a book and chooses a member of the family to read to him. Given that there are five people...
I was a helicopter pilot in my former life. And for the first four years of my daughter’s life, I wrestled with what that meant for our family. God is gracious though, and I love that part of our story now, marveling at the beauty...
It has been a hard day. My toddler dumped out an entire container of baking powder with a whole bag of coffee grounds and created his own special "$8 art project" on my kitchen counter. While I was cleaning up this mess and mourning the...
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 FORWARD...
Hi Ladies, Welcome back to reality! It's the second week of January and we're all likely back to our daily routines with hopefully a few New Year's resolutions still going strong. I'm so excited to be here with my friend, Laura Taggart, a gifted marriage and family...