It can be embarrassing and frustrating to be stopped if you’re like me and you’re still carrying the babyweight months after delivering the baby. Here’s to forgiving yourself for the postpartum mom body in order to let it roll off your shoulders a little easier when a stranger asks if you’re expecting again!
The trouble with being a ‘Martha-mom’: a lesson in learning how to prioritize my faith
Well. It hit me like a ton of bricks today, but here it is. I am a ‘Martha-mom’. And it is going to have to change. Yesterday in the Young Marrieds Sunday School Class my husband and I are a part of we were discussing as a group the importance of prioritizing time with God …
Raw Mom Moments- “You Have Such Sweet Kids”
I love my kids with everything, but sometimes all I can see is the everyday struggles and I forget just how precious they are. That’s why I love when people remind me- they truly are the sweetest kids!
Warrior Woman
Some days, especially lately, it weighs on my heart just how important it is to be a woman that shapes her actions around being a force for good. I think a lot about my roles as friend, sister, daughter, wife, mother, and even youth small group leader and the zones of influence my actions have …
Answers for Abigail- updates on her health
For any who don’t know, recently our daughter Abigail was admitted to the local Children’s Hospital for suspected seizure activity that was causing her to have an abnormal EEG and have episodes where she tossed her head forward. You can read more about the background of that journey here. It is now June 18th, and …
Like A Tree by the Water: having faith in the unknowns
Many do not know that my husband and I are currently in the middle of watching our sweet 10-month-old daughter undergo testing to help solve a problem of repeated seizure episodes. A few months ago we noticed her tossing her head forward rather violently in repeated motions: toss, recover, life as normal for a few …
“21 Century Skills” and Me
I’ve recently been reading the book, 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times by Bernie Trilling and Charles Fadel. While I was required to read this book for a college class, I found myself really drawn to the message. Our world is so different from what it will be when our future student’s …
Senioritis: Spreading Pandemic
As the end of the year approaches it is easy for students to begin to shut down as the year comes to a close and final grades are locked in. This so-called “senioritis” is a term coined specifically for seniors approaching graduation who are experiencing this point of mental shutdown. It doesn’t take much investigation …
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What did you do for Valentine’s Day this year?? Anything special with your special someone?
Love or Control?
I am all too familiar with the same old scenario of one partner becoming overwhelmingly, obsessively controlling and the victim of these harsh and very dictatorial behaviors often is left reeling and telling themselves they never believed it would or could happen to them. The harsh reality, however, is that these situations are all too …