6 Feelings I’m Feeling about Back to School Last week my two oldest birdies flew. Maybe not the way I would have pictured life, five years ago, but here I am. A first-time “Kindergarten” mom. Yes, I have a little girl in Kindergarten, but I’m talking about my older boys. The ones who will be in 4th and 2nd grade are my making feel like I’m in a glass case of emotions. I’m the kindergarten mom, who will cry cried buckets…
How to Seek Light, In the Dark Days Coffee in the mornings. Popcorn at night. The same, even when the clock ticks by and nothing changes. Trapped in the guilt from yesterday. Pain from mistakes I’ve made. Life with little ones (no matter how many you have) is hard. It was hard when I had one child. It is hard with five children. I want them to grow up, but then when they do, I miss it. The feeling of…
When Fear and Faith Live Together Last year I sat at my dining room table during nap time with a friend. We talked about fear. Her dreams were dust in the ground. Literally. Burying a baby can make fear a permanent fixture in a heart. I struggled with words. We cried together, remembering a little boy less than a year old. If I had only known her through social media, text messages, or from conversations in public, I would have…
Six Ways to Cultivate a Prayer Habit Our garden this year is completely overrun. We had grand plans for green beans, green peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes, squash, and even broccoli. Unfortunately, we let it be overrun with weeds and failed to water it during the drier days. It is a sad little plot of land, barren and empty. Cultivating a garden takes work, and so does cultivating a prayer life. If we neglect prayer in our Bible study time, we might find our…