A year of LOVE
One year ago today my family embarked on an adventure. We didn't know it was an adventure when it started. It was not one we chose. It was hard. It was scary. It was painful. The day after my parents celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary, my dad went into the...
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Letting God be your Guide and not the Voices of Others
Every day my family makes its way in this inspired and intentional path of life that we are on. Some people understand our journey and cheer us on along the way. These are the people that truly bless us and make the challenges less rocky and the hard times...
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grapes, growling, and growing
My throat is still scratchy from the lioness sound that came from my mouth. The faces of my children are still replaying in my mind and when I focus on it, my heart starts to race again. There was no listening. Request after request and still - no compliance. They...
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Deep Dive
I have a deep and tender heart. When I experience something, I am immediately connected to about 6 layers of meaning for it and in a second I can go down to that depth while also remaining on the surface to talk about it. I think this scares some people sometimes. A...
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Reflection
Based on the flooding in my heart, you would have thought the school was burning as my oldest walked towards it. It was a normal morning. There was nothing out of the ordinary to the untrained eye. To the mother’s eye; however, there was so much. This weekend, the...
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Is it possible to honor the different versions that are alive in you?
The best version of me is very brave, loving, full of wisdom and encouragement, peaceful, faith driven, and insightful. I have a HUGE heart that loves people with a “full contact” kind of love. I am quiet and extremely passionate. I would much rather sit and have a...
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Celebrate how far you have come
My husband was traveling…again. The kids were sick…again. There was paper and clutter all over the counter…again. My littlest had started waking up in the night…again. Because the kids were sick, I was not going to be able to make it to my parents' house…again. When...
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T-shirts on picture day (gasp)
My palms are sweaty as I type this. Today was picture day at my son's school. It has been fast approaching, and I had all kinds of ideas about what he would wear. How would his long hair hang this day? Would he smile the fake, scared looking smile? Or the real smile I...
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Slowing down and doing my work
I have been purging EVERYTHING in my office lately. Books I have read (books I haven't read), articles and blog posts I have read (articles and blog posts I haven't read), things I have written and posted or made public, and things I had written, that at one point I...
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Being Brave at School
The week has come: school is about to start. Jackson will be going to kindergarten this year...every day! Last summer, because of Jackson's summer birthday, we decided to wait a year to put him in kindergarten. We were going to have him go to pre-k for a year until he...
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UPCOMING CLASSES
