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 →
I’ve been thinking about how full my life is. It seems there’s nothing I can cut out to create more margin. Every moment is double-stacked, as is customary of the American life. No time to breathe. So I did an experiment this week. I put down my iPhone, crocheting, my book or whatever else I could double do and chose Continue Reading →
Life is full of surprises. That was solidified for me this morning when I woke up to six newborn rabbits in the cage of our male rabbit. Did you catch that? We thought we were raising two male rabbits. Apparently not. Life is full of surprises and as my Monday got off to an unexpected start and kinda went wonky Continue Reading →
It’s so easy to do. Upload a fabulous picture, post a great caption and click the button on social networking (whichever one you choose to use). Share your perfect life captured in word or photo form. Or sometimes even be willing to share a funny moment or saying, but how often do we share the real stuff? How Continue Reading →
“Eucharisteo always precedes the miracle.” – Ann Voskamp As I tweet this out in reminder to myself, I wonder where I will find thanksgiving, let alone a miracle in today. Upon waking this morning, I found my throat on fire and a nose that appears to have sprung a leak. Heap that upon my internal organs that are vexing me Continue Reading →
Blowing off the dust and cobwebs from The Mommy Map. I cannot even tell you why they have been allowed to collect here because I do not know, but yet I cannot deny their existence. Maybe it’s time for a bit of spring cleaning–in my heart, mind and blog too. God, in His shepherd-like ways, has been nudging me in Continue Reading →
As I sat a preschooler’s birthday party today and listened to children crying because it was nap time and watched as parents negotiated as to who would be in the pool with the kids, it reminded me of a recent day at the park. It was at that park that I observed nearly 20 young moms wanting desperately to talk Continue Reading →
As I have mentioned before, I am currently reading a book called, “The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God’s Best Version of You” by John Ortberg. Here is a quote from today’s reading that is rolling around in my mind. “Imagine a parent who thinks, No matter how many kids I have, I will treat them each exactly the Continue Reading →
You ever have one of those times in life where everywhere you turn, you keep hearing the same thing? You ever wonder if maybe, just maybe, the God of the universe is trying to communicate something to you? Yep, that’s me right now. The thing is that the more I think about it, I don’t think I’m alone in needing Continue Reading →
As I was reading over some History stuff with my children today, we discussed Habakkuk. Habakkuk was a prophet in the Bible, but yet unlike any of the other prophets, Habakkuk didn’t write to any people at all. He wrote to God himself. In Habakkuk 3:17-19, the prophet prayed a hymn of faith. He structured his prayer in this manner: Continue Reading →