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Hey Mama
Hey Mama,
Bent over the kitchen counter,
Distractedly eating leftovers.
Yes you,
With the ragged PJs
The greasy hair and yesterday's eyeliner.
Here’s something you should know:
God sees you.
He sees you,
Even when no one else does;
He sees you,
When you feel overlooked.
Hey mama,
Dark circles under your eyes,
Sleepwalking and suppressing yawns.
Yes you,
Up all last night
Checking if she was still coughing,
Or if he was ...
A Mother’s Day Prayer
Heavenly Father,
What a sweet privilege it is to be handpicked as a mom and to partner with you on the sacred assignment of raising my children.
Father, you know how inadequate I often feel for the high calling of motherhood, how unprepared to tackle the phases of my kids’ lives and all the messes (and moods!) ...
Motherhood: It’s All Grace
Hi friends,
I haven't posted for a while as the situation in India with Covid cases spiraling out of control has taken center stage in my mind and heart.
It’s been an overwhelming few weeks for all of us who live here. Covid is no longer a headline or an obscure statistic. It’s affecting our friends and ...
Motherhood – The Freedom of Not Being Enough
There was a time when I would grab my son’s soft baby feet and squish them and smush them and foist way too many kisses on them. Yeah, that was before said feet started to resemble... hooves. About a decade later, forget squishing his feet, I wouldn’t touch them with a barge pole. (Sorry, kid, ...
Happy Mother’s Day to the Best of Them!
They were the generation without self-help books about purposeful parenting or about getting kids to listen and obey. They were the mothers who never stepped foot in a pre-natal yoga class or even heard the word "Lamaze." They were the moms who parented, back when the word “parent” was a noun and not a verb.
They ...