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Continue reading →: When You Don’t Feel Like it…Choose to Love Anyway.I set out my husband’s vitamins for him the other night. Not because I wanted to. I didn’t. It was late. I was exhausted. Even this simplest of tasks seemed daunting. But I did it anyway. Not because I felt like it. But because love is so much more than…
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Continue reading →: Navigating Life’s Storms TogetherYou know the saying “Don’t let your own storms get your people yet?” I used to really like it. But truthfully, the more I think about it, I really don’t think I do. Because here’s the deal — our storms ARE going to get our people wet. They just are.…
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Continue reading →: But What If You CAN?What’s that dream stirring in your heart, friend? What’s that passion that sets your soul on fire? What’s that idea burning in your spirit but you’re too afraid to do anything with it? What if you took the leap of faith anyway? What if you decided not to let the…
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Continue reading →: God’s Word Welcomes Your Anxious HeartExcuse me as I get on my soap box for just a minute here. To anyone battling anxiety who has had Bible verses thrown in their face, let me tell you something right now. Those verses that are constantly being preached to you? They’re in God’s Word to encourage you,…
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Continue reading →: Healing is not LinearIf you’ve been around here for a while, you know that I was on anxiety medication for well over a year after my oldest was born. Then by God’s grace, I was able to ween off of it, and I haven’t needed it ever since. But fast forward to this…
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Continue reading →: Sweetness in a Sea of SassSometimes, I feel like I’m getting this whole motherhood thing wrong. Okay, scratch that. A lot of the time I feel like I’m getting this whole motherhood thing wrong. Most days are filled with defiance and stubbornness. Irritation and frustration. Big emotions, bigger attitudes, and fights over nothing. I mean,…
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Continue reading →: The Weight of our WordsMy heart broke sitting at a red light. My oldest and I were heading home from dance practice one evening when all of a sudden, I heard her proclaim a not-so-nice four-letter word from the backseat. I immediately turned my head around and asked, “Where on earth did you hear…
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Continue reading →: A Little is Better Than NothingSomething I’m trying to get better at as I get over is fighting my “all-or-nothing” mentality. A handful of minutes with Jesus is better than no minutes with Jesus. A quick walk around the block is better than not moving my body at all. Listening to half a podcast is…
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Continue reading →: The Risk and Reward of FriendshipFriendships are hard. I have been the one who’s felt misunderstood, and I’ve also been the one who’s held the misunderstanding. I have been the one who’s been spoken to harshly, and I’ve also been the one who has spoken carelessly. I have been the one who was cut out…
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Continue reading →: A Full-Circle Moment I Didn’t Know I NeededA day in the not-so-distant past, I was the one reading board books to my daughter. Then I blinked, and now she’s the one reading the exact same books to her little sister. Because she can read now. READ! And I guess it took one of these full-circle moments on…






