If you would have told me one year ago I would be homeschooling my children, blogging, and have like-minded social media friends who I met through Twitter, I would have never believed you. First of all, I thought homeschoolers were weird and out of touch. Second, I had no idea what a blog even was. And […]
For When We Need to Keep Pressing On
We celebrated a day early this year, as it was my turn to work on Christmas day. After all, babies come when they want to, whether it’s Christmas or not, and sure enough they did. We welcomed three new babies into this world on Sunday, and as I dried one of them off, weighed him, […]
Merry Christmas, Sweet Friends…
On this eve before our anticipation and yearning is fulfilled… May you know the joy of Him who came for you. May you experience His overwhelming love. May your heart be filled with peace, because He has reconciled you to Himself. May you remember this day and all year through… That He came for you, and He has chosen […]
May You Never Journey Alone {A Christmas Wish for You…}
It’s almost Christmas, and today I’m remembering back to June of 2010, when I began a journey … An experience that led me to read my Bible, memorize scripture, and pray every single day. It is something I knew I should have been doing the past 25 years of my Christian life, but for reasons no […]
Connected {This Season and the Whole Year Through}
In this season of extravagance and celebration, in the bustling to buy and then the wrestling to wrap. Amidst it all, the real purpose of this season is to be connected. Connected to friends and family … nurturing the newness and repairing the broken. Connected to those you love most of all. He made us for […]
On the Certainty of Suffering {And our Promise of Hope}
Photo credit: Daves Portfolio, Flickr Creative Commons My patient held her baby today, like every mama here does … except her baby had only lived for 16 weeks and could be held in one of her hands. We took pictures and gave mementos. And the family was there and the chaplain came. And I continue […]
The Gift of an On-Call Day
Photo credit: cobalt123, Flickr creative commons I called work at 5am and pressed the phone close to my ear. I could hear the line ringing and I wondered, would I be able to be on-call today?? You see I was supposed to work this Sunday. And the thing is, I rarely work on Sundays because it […]
The Colors of the Season
The colors of this season warm me… The colors of all the lights lining our streets…some white, some red, some dangly and some straight–all shining to declare the joy of the season. The colors of the advent Truth-in-the-Tinsel projects the kids are making each day, dot our days with wonder as we walk through the […]
For When We are Tempted to Speak Cutting Words
Photo credit: bored-now, Flikr creative commons She didn’t know she was talking about me. She didn’t realize as she complained and all the rest laughed and sympathized, that she was complaining about me –that she was irritated and annoyed by me. And what seemed to them, to be a passing critique of a stranger, cut my heart […]
Talking to your Children About Sexuality {5 Steps to Breaking the Silence}
Photo courtesy of molly_darling I can still remember it, like it was yesterday, his six-year-old body perched on the kitchen bar stool, gazing at my huge belly. In between bites of peanut butter and jelly, he asked the question without hesitation, “Mama, how’s the baby gonna come out?” Just. Like. That. And I’m not sure […]
