As everyone excitedly climbs into the car at five am for a long road trip, the children quietly whisper to each other as my husband gently nudges me to remind me to put the address in the GPS. Just…
February 23rd, 2021
Mom Rage
As tears streaked my friends face, she confided in me the day she had. A day that hit me in the gut because I knew all too well the story she told. I’m betting if you are a momma you know the…
February 15th, 2021
Significant
Feel lost in all the chaos?Feel like no one ever notices you?Feel like everyone else is far more significant?Does it seem everyone else has what you want? Do you ever wonder how God will ever…
February 1st, 2021
I Don’t Deserve You
Sixteen years ago, on a snowy afternoon, my husband and I washed each other’s feet and said, “I do” in front of thirty of our closest family and friends. It was not the wedding I had dreamed of nor was it…
January 25th, 2021
Irrational Fear
Have I ever told you I am deathly afraid of strangers dogs? I am talking my pits start sweating and I lose all rational thought, kind of fear. In my lifetime we have owned three dogs, and yet the fear of…
January 19th, 2021
Strong, Firm, Steadfast
“You are so strong.” As the old saying goes, if I had a dime every time I heard that, I would have a whole lot of dimes. I don’t know about you, but I don’t look back on the pain I have endured…
January 11th, 2021
I Told You So
I really despise, “I told you so.” Someone doesn’t have to directly say it, but the smirk on their face reveals it all. And yet, I really enjoy being on the end where I am right. Is it weird that I wonder how…
January 4th, 2021
Weight Loss
The holidays are over and here I am contemplating, “what was I thinking?” All the consumption.All the unhealthy choices.All the times I gave in. And all for what? All to feel good in the moment?…
December 28th, 2020
Don’t Make Resolutions
I said what I said. How many of you make a New Year’s Resolution and actually keep it? Exactly! We don’t. Today is the last Monday of 2020, can I get a “yahoooo,” and I feel a bit like I have been holding…
December 14th, 2020
Hello Darkness
Hello darkness my old friend…I know lately my posts haven’t been super uplifting, but I am trying really hard to be real, vulnerable, and open. Christmas has always (since 2006), been a difficult…
