My Not So Picture Perfect Advent Project
Does anybody feel like the month of December lasted about 30 seconds? How are we starting a new year already?! I thought I'd start this new year, by recapping some of our Christmas break- and giving a little dose of reality check for us all. Remember that Advent...
Awaiting His Birth
Christmas is coming soon, and that means I've been listening to Christmas music pretty much nonstop. One song on my playlist is the song, "Winter Snow" by Audrey Assad and Chris Tomlin. The lyrics of the chorus follows: You came like a winter snow You were quiet, and...
Healing Wounds – My Story of God’s Grace To Me
The other day I was driving around a part of town I don’t usually drive by, trying to find the right road. As I turned this way and that, I realized where I was, and a flood of memories came bursting back into my head, and I felt the ache of them in my body. I was...
Names of Jesus Advent Calendar
Well, with a little help of my cutting machine and an old Christmas gift bag, my calendar (from Hobby Lobby) is decorated! And since this is real life, I have only 2 boxes filled... haha but I at least have a plan. Thanks everyone for the help. For my own remembering,...
He May Not Stop the Storm
One evening before bed, my daughter was brushing her teeth, and a storm was rolling in. The rain hadn’t arrived yet, but we heard the thunder building as the clouds moved in on our home. As she was brushing, she kept stopping to say, “I want the thunder to stop!” I...
When the Days Feel Small
I’ve had the huge blessing of being able to find (or maybe, really it’s make time) to read in the past week. I picked up my copy of John Piper’s Desiring God that I started years ago, but never actually finished. It has been great so far, and I’ve been highlighting...
Finding Blessings in the Crazy
About four years ago, something strange happened to me. It snuck up around the time I got pregnant and took over, and it really shows no signs of stopping. I’m talking about the mom brain. In its weakest moments it leaves me searching for my phone for 20 minutes when...
Striving For Our True Home
I had the amazing opportunity to run cross country during all four years in high school. Now, before you write me off as some crazy runner, let me tell you a little more. I ran on the JV team, and for the first three years I came in dead last. Every. Single. Race....
A Thousand Words in One Picture
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and I would have to agree. A thousand words. A thousand feelings. A thousand lessons. Today, my son turned one year old! I feel like it snuck up on me out of nowhere. As I was looking through pictures, I came across this...
My Ugly Truth – Confessions of an Imperfect Mom
I always had the viewpoint, that if you wanted evidence of original sin and the heart of man, just have a baby, and there you will see the truth. Now, 3 years into being a mom, I’m more fully convinced that the clearer truth is instead, just have a baby, and then look...