Encouraging moms they can do ALL THINGS through Christ who strengthens them!
When I was 16, while at work, I received a phone call from our church pastor asking me if I’d like to get up in front of the church Sunday Morning and say something nice about my mom for Mother’s Day. I laughed and declined. At that point my relationship with her was… well.. strained.. to say the least. Why […]
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Vicarious trauma. Also known as secondary trauma. A term I never knew before becoming a foster parent. A term we’ve become all too familiar with these days. When you parent kids from hard places you hear lots of hard stories. Each takes its toll on your mental self. Each story seems so unimaginable, so heartbreaking. You never know what will […]
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Yesterday morning, as a I was organizing our laundry room cabinets, I saw it. There, on the top shelf, tucked away out of site was a little green box, tied with a white bow. My heart sank. “Not today, I can not do this today.”, I thought. So many feelings rushed through my head as I stared at that box […]
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I’m praying for my big, brown eyed girl today. A girl, a child, that I’ve never met, that I don’t even know for sure exists. For her health, as she grows in her mother’s womb out there… somewhere. Is today the day she was conceived? Is it the day they found out they are expecting her? Is it the day […]
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We’ve been making these Nativity ornaments this week to raise money for clean drinking water for Christmas. (You can read the full story in my previous post.) We have made a LOT of these ornaments in the past week and so far everyone has loved them so we thought we’d share how we made them! We being me and my 5 year old daughter, […]
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A few weeks ago, while chatting with my Home Team gals, my friend Jen told us about their 6 gifts Christmas. Immediately, I fell in love with their take on Gift #6 – Something to Share. Missions is something God has really been laying on my heart lately, so I knew this was something we were going to adopt in […]
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Every year, as the new year approaches I start trying to decide which planner to use for the upcoming year. I scour the internet and search my local office supply stores but I never quite find exactly what I’m looking for. Last year, I had an Erin Condren Life Planner, I loved that planner, it was so pretty and had a lot of great […]
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For the past five years, I have been seeking to simplify Christmas and to teach my sons the real meaning behind it. Sure, we had always talked about how it was Jesus’s birthday, and how He is the true son of God, but we weren’t living it. Rather, like so many families in our culture, including Christian families, we were […]
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As a little girl, I can remember dreaming of becoming a mommy and what that would be like! What I didn’t dream about was the struggles my husband and I would face as we tried to start a family. Before my husband and I got married, we had a conversation about my desire to adopt a child at some point […]
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Presence… your presence. It’s true of all the things our kids want, the one thing they crave the most is time with you! Of course, depending on their ages they may not even realize or know how to express that desire. Little ones are easy, they readily express their desire in their actions by tugging on your hand, crawling into your […]
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Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone is enjoying time with family and friends. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays but I feel like it it almost gets skipped over these days, with many stores open on Thanksgiving and it seems as soon as Halloween is over the Christmas decorations come out and ads for Christmas deals begin. I just wish […]
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We’re a few months into our first year of homeschool now and so far it’s going great! The days may not always go as planned but she LOVES to learn and is soaking it all in. What I’ve learned is that, like most younger children, she is a hands on learner. She loves seeing what she’s learned in action or […]
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I’m so excited for my friend, Merissa at Little House Living! Today is a big day for her! A dream she’s had for years has finally become a reality! Little House Living: The Make-Your-Own Guide to a Frugal, Simple, and Self-Sufficient Life is officially in print and available wherever books are sold AND you have a chance to win a copy […]
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It’s not too early to be thinking about Halloween…even those of you who don’t go trick or treating, probably go to a fall festival or some similar event where the end result is the same. Your child comes home with a bag of candy roughly equal to half his or her own weight. So, what’s a good mom to do […]
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It’s a beautiful fall day. You know the kind where you can feel the warm sun shining on your back and brightly colored leaves adorn the trees and the ground. The kind that makes the kiddos antsy, and if we’re honest, even moms anxious to get out of the house and enjoy the day. But… there is still school work […]
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