Day 2 of 31 Days of Connecting We are in church, worshiping, in awe and adoration of the Love God has for us when suddenly that line is there. There on the screen. And the condemnation and shame I felt as a Christian child, teenager, and young adult squeezes my throat, condemns my heart. “Ashamed I […]
Why are relationships so hard?
Day 1 of 31 Days of Connecting The pain surrounds me. I’ve yelled at my kids. I’ve yelled at my spouse. I’ve cried buckets of tears. My eyes are swollen. My sister called crying. My friends have called crying. We are all suffering, struggling, in pain and frustrated. “Why are relationships so hard?” I know […]
Restoring Mama’s Soul
You guys. As of right now 34 mamas have responded to my survey. Amazing. That may seem small to some, but I had a privategoal of 50 people and we are almost there! I realize my subscribers might not know what I’m talking about. Turns out, when I created the page for my book (yes, […]
Because “because” is such an important w
Every Friday, Kate Motaung and writers across the web join Five Minute Friday for five minutes of writing on the word of her choice. There are no major edits, no second guesses, just five minutes to write. I join to grow as a writer. Here is this week’s Five Minute Friday. This week’s prompt: Because. “Why?” […]
When Your Monday Feels Like a Wednesday
It’s Monday, and it feels like a Wednesday. It was a hard weekend. Tim was on a men’s “retreat,” so I was alone with the kids. And, I was grieving. So, though I woke up this morning feeling ready to go, I am now done. Have you had those Mondays? When, though you get started […]
A Time to Hold and a Time to Let Go: To ...
There’s an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth: A right time for birth and another for death… A right time to cry and another to laugh, A right time to lament and another to cheer, A right time to make love and another to abstain, A right time […]
Are You Ready?
Five Minute Friday… on Tuesday. Oh well. 😉 Today’s writing prompt, Ready. Am I ready? Are you? I’ve waited and waited to write my book, now that the time has come to actually do it, I’ve wondered, can I? Am I actually able, ready to do this? We wonder if we’re ready all through life. […]
(You don’t have to) Try
A Monday Moment. I remember the first time I heard Colbie Caillat. Tim and I were on our first date after Jack was born when Realize came on over the speakers at California Pizza Kitchen. I think we were both listening to the lyrics, because we caught each others’ eye and grinned foolishly at one […]
The Day My Son Got Hurt
It was the sixth morning of kindergarten and we were waiting for the bell in the school yard with the other kids and parents. Jack had gathered a pile of rocks and formed a smiley-face with a few sticks and a strip of plastic. He stepped back and smiled at his work before running to his […]
If you need a laugh or even just a smile...
Perhaps your Monday started a little rough. Trouble rolling out of bed. A snag at work. A fussy kid. Whatever it may be, hopefully this will help turn the day around. Or at least make you laugh a bit. Things like this make me so excited to have boys… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhgSNPiox_0] This is a Monday […]