It began when we were experiencing conflict in a place that I’d always felt safe before. The darts were coming from both sides and I felt like I stood in the middle, redirecting arrows and praying the damage would be minimal. It wasn’t my fight, but I witnessed the whole destruction of a place my […]
When A Friend Does Your Dishes
She asked to wash my dishes. I threw my head back and laughed. “Oh, absolutely not! I cannot let you wash my dishes!” “No, really! I love to do dishes, and I’ll feel so much better about inviting myself over if I scrub up your dishes so you can just sit and chat,” and then […]
Jesus Next Door: Loving Your Neighbor in Obedience to God
Ideas for and a personal story about loving your neighbor in the ordinary.
In Every Season of Raising Littles
**With St. Patrick’s Day upon us, this is fun glimpse back at my heart as a mommy just two years ago. I’m still learning and growing. Praise God for His work in our hearts. God is sanctifying us all, reshaping us, and teaching us every day to be more like Him. This is the good […]
Dear Fifteen: A Letter to Teen Girls on International Women’s Day
Lean in, sweet girl in the trenches of the teen years. This is for you. You: the one beginning to relate to your mom as a friend, the one beginning to wear makeup, the one navigating womanhood, the one striving to discern between friendships and extracurricular activities. I know. It feels so complicated. I was […]