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Loving the Ordinary…
It's the man's birthday today.
Since I wrote an "open letter" to the boy and the girl earlier, I figured it was the husband's turn - also I may have run out of gift ideas.
Here is an excerpt from the letter. When I stopped to think about it, we've been on a lot of adventures together. ...
Whatever You Do…
I walk into the bedroom and am greeted by an unmade bed. I’ve just returned from dropping the kids off at school, after giving them breakfast and packing the husband’s lunch dabba.
I take a deep breath, swallow my irritation and proceed to make the bed.
Inside my head, though, a monologue begins: “365 times. That’s how many ...
Dear Fellow Moms, What Are We Trying to Prove by Doing it All?
I used to tune into Chopped on Food Network almost every evening. I loved the outlandish ingredients that were pulled out of the mystery basket (Durian and sheep’s hooves, anyone?) and the chefs with their unbelievable knife skills and risotto-making superpowers.
In particular, I remember one episode, not for its culinary wonders or drama, bur for a snippet ...
A Letter To My Daughter On Her 9th Birthday
Hey missy girl,
When you saw that I’d written an open letter to your big brother on his ninth birthday, you were insistent I do the same for you when you turn nine.
That’s you in a nutshell, isn’t it, kid? You know what you want and you go for it. Even as we’re at the halfway ...
A “Little” Insight Into ‘Indescribable’
A few years ago, I was super amped to go to a Chris Tomlin concert with my family. After an energetic rendition of “God’s Great Dance Floor,” there was a short talk by Louie Giglio. I didn’t know who he was at that time, but I remember he spoke about the stars and galaxies and ...
Dear Mama, Your Love Doesn’t Divide, It Multiplies
You couldn’t wait for your firstborn to have a sibling.
You had visions of the two of them sharing the Peppa Pig tent that’s swallowed half the real estate in your formerly formal living room.
You’d pictured them building teetering LEGO towers together.
You’d even planned on how you’d settle those inevitable sibling spats.
But what you hadn’t predicted was the ...
This Middle Part of Childhood is Just as Good
Hey kids, I love where you’re at right now.
Like, right this moment.
No, it’s not because both of you are tucked in bed, the sweetness of sleep wrapping you up like a down comforter.
It just quietly dawned on me that this stage in your lives is incredibly fun. In a few months, one of you will ...
Finding Rest In A Busy World
There’s no getting around the fact that we live in an always-spinning world. We yearn for quietness in our souls – but, often, that deep rest seems out of our reach. Or is it? In the next few days, let’s spend a few minutes peeking into the home of Mary and Martha in Bethany. Two ...
Girl On A Roller Coaster
Fourteen-year-old girls are supposed to be sassy. They’re supposed to roll their eyes at you and slam doors and lose themselves in a world of text messages and teenage drama.
They aren’t supposed to be the subjects of blogposts about inspiring individuals.
But this kid? This one is different.
She’s a teenager who has nothing but gentle words ...
MEET SUSAN
