Here I am in that place again. The one I find myself in frequently where I’m stressed and exhausted mind, body and spirit. I suppose this is the way of a mother, especially when there’s six young lives to shepherd and a marriage to keep tended to. I’m tempted to check-out mentally and sink into the oblivion of nothingness, but Continue Reading →
This is a repost because I need a piece of my own medicine right now. I think it’s funny the way God uses my own writing to meet me where I’m at. Lately, as my mom puts it, I’ve felt like I have a target on my back. The very scripture that has been surfacing in my brain in response Continue Reading →
I wonder, do you have one of these in your home? It’s the simplest thing, yet it one of the most valuable things I own. When the chips are down and I’m having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day and I’m thinking of moving to Australia…well, this is my weapon of choice to combat that bad day. I Continue Reading →
Some days I just don’t want to be the Mommy. Do you ever feel that way? Okay, so maybe you feel that way every day. Most days I’m good with being the mom, but some days I just want to stand in the middle of my house and scream my head off simply because, just for that moment, I won’t Continue Reading →
I went to a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) meeting tonight and this is what I heard while I was there. One of my closest friends said something like this, “The part-time job I do outside of our home is working with greeting cards, not people. My girls don’t exactly affirm the job I am doing as their mother. Where do Continue Reading →