I've caught the vision, and I can't keep it to myself. It's Wednesday. It's been a discouraging day of homeschooling as I wonder if anything I'm teaching is sticking, if I'll ever get the house clean, if I'm ever going to feel like I'm doing a good job of anything. Getting all four of the kids to ...
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For the mama dreading labor, meet your Savior in the Garden of Gethsemane
I'm roughly six weeks out from delivering my fourth baby. We can't wait to meet our sweet baby girl, but I know deeply in my bones the wall of pain I will have to walk through before she is in our arms. And I dread it. But we don't labor or give birth as those without hope! It occurred ...
Stop striving for what we’ll only have in the Kingdom
My brave mom volunteered to fly with my three boys from my house to hers over the summer. This gave me ten days of vacation from the responsibilities of motherhood--the longest I've had since I started this gig six years ago. In a word, it was refreshing! My husband and I took a mini trip and ...
Finding Purpose in God’s Repeated No’s: Our Fourth Gender Reveal Story
If you haven't heard, Skebaby #4 is on the way! We're due for another blessing in the fall! The news of this new life came after three dear mama friends in my life had suffered the loss of miscarriage. As a tired mom to three already, my positive pregnancy test might've tempted me to feel ...
Costly Worship for Weary Parents
When our third baby was nine months old, he was still waking to nurse a few times a night. That was consistent with my infant experience up to that point, so I could cope (don't ask me for sleep-through-the-night tips, y'all--I've got nothing!) But our three-year-old became newly scared of the dark ...
Tips for Keeping Your Home when Tidiness is just not Your Thing
I don't know how you feel about personality types or gifts or the foundation of habits our parents instill in us--but some of us get dumped out into adulthood without a knack for keeping a tidy home. We just do. And that especially stinks when you are the primary keeper of your home. As a woman, it ...
How to Cope with Pet Loss without Fluff Theology
Pet loss is a deeply personal kind of grief. And it's easily overlooked or dismissed by anyone that isn't in the immediate family. But for that family, the reminders of the cherished life of your pet are all over the house and yard. It's hard. It might be one of the harder parts of parenthood--to ...