• Seven Lessons I’ve Learned {so far} This Year

    Devotional, Faith, Holiday, Motherhood, Prayer

    Seven Lessons I’ve Learned This Year From January to March our lives were busy with preparing to travel to China. Finishing up adoption paperwork, packing, and home schooling. March to May is a little blurry. Cocooning. That’s pretty much it. March was the month of transition. A month of transformation. A month of shifting. A shift in our world, a shirt in our hearts. June through September brought us out of the “China fog” and into a summer of relaxing, fun, and…

  • Why Don’t They Just Leave Me Alone?

    Motherhood, Psalm

    I just want a break. I want to be alone. I need quiet. Please, no one ask me for anything. No one say my name. No music. No television. Just the sounds of…..silence. If I could cook one meal in peace, I would be happy.  It is the reason nap time and bed time are sometimes a mother’s favorite time of the day. Yet, when I travel out of town, who do I miss the most? Yes. Those little humans who are…

  • 31 Days {Offer}

    Motherhood

    {Offer} What do you have to offer? Maybe not the world. Maybe not all of the people you even know…..what do you have to offer those around you? As a stay-at-home mom, feeling like we have nothing to offer is a common feeling. I’m home most days. All day long. Homeschooling is a little isolating as well. I look around at my messy house and wonder what I have to offer. I look around at my messy life and wonder what…

  • Four Truths About Motherhood

    Motherhood

    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…