Lisa Jo Baker is one of my favorite motherhood writers. Her book Surprised by Motherhood is an amazing encouragement to mommas, especially mommas of little ones! She is always saying: Parenting is not hard because you are bad it it. It is hard because it is designed to be. I want to encourage you today: Its ok if mothering and parenting is hard. You are not alone in your feelings of it being hard. Parenting is hard because we live in…
{Home} Breathe in. Home is is place to be yourself. A place you don’t have to dress up or hide behind a mask. Home is a place to relax. To feel safe and wanted. And loved. I slip my shoes off. I take a deep breath as I reach down to hug the littlest one as she wraps her arms around my legs. My boys clamor to tell me their adventures. I reach for my husband’s hand and squeeze a…
{Embrace} Embrace. Hold close. Keep near. Savor. What do we embrace with our hearts? We embrace lies. Half truths. Fear. Doubt. Worry. Anxiety. Sadness. Grief. Although having those feelings from time to time are not necessarily bad. It is when we begin to embrace them.  Do we embrace the cashier at the grocery store? Do we embrace the man on the park bench? Do we embrace the stranger next to us on the bus? No. We do not embrace the things…
{Capture} Stop, let me get a picture! Stop moving. Say cheese! Listen, hold still! Smile! I love you! Ok….. As I try to capture all of the moments I know its like trying to capture water flowing from the stream of life. It slips right through. Snap! Another moment captured…..too many to count. But as I try to freeze time with the camera on my phone, I miss out on what is behind in the picture. Life. I am so…