“No matter our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.” –Dale Turner If I were to sit down with you, fellow mama, with a cup of coffee in a cozy café, and ask you, “What is your calling—what would you say to me??? What do you feel your PURPOSE in life is? What are you passionate about? What makes you feel alive? What are your Continue Reading
Mom On Trial Acquitted
I am set free! FREE. From “mother guilt,” and all the criticisms I constantly heap upon myself. At least I found the key to the jail cell. I am so done chastising myself and thinking that everything I do or don’t do for my kids will leave eternal marks on their souls. Now I am NOT SAYING that I am throwing up my hands and singing, “Que Sera, Whatever Will Be.” I’m just coming to terms with Continue Reading
On Having 7 Years Left To Teach Luke EVERYTHING
Seven years ago Luke started DK at Cornerstone Elementary School. And in seven years from now he will start college. COLLEGE!! As my young boy started his new life in dreaded middle school (me dreading it…), it hit me. HARD. We have only 7 years left with him. Then we, too, will be standing at the gate at the airport like Adam and Christina Braverman in this season’s first episode Continue Reading
God Speaks Through Matt Damon
God thinks and acts outside the proverbial box. He always has. That, among a trillion other things, makes Him God. But sometimes I forget He wants to speak to my heart at all. I forget He cares deeply about what I care deeply about. And that He speaks in different ways. Then He does, and I am blown away. AGAIN. Last Christmas break I took the kids to see, “We Bought a Zoo,” starring Matt Continue Reading
Moms’ Night Out Junkie
I’m a group-y kind of girl. I always have been. No, not that kind. I love the village of my girlfriends that I get to live in from time to time. Were it not for my girlfriends or fellow mom friends, I would not be as validated, or as encouraged, as I need to be. In fact, you probably would not want to be around me. Because my true girlfriends challenge me to be the best me, at the same time Continue Reading
Rainbow Poop
There it was. Gracie’s glorious puppy markings in the “potty spot.” The day before I had caught Gracie eating crayons in the boys’ room. And you know what? She had rainbow poop. I actually saw light blue and purple and orange wax remnants. Yes, I know, too much detail. You get the picture! I’m a mom, so these things just don’t gross me out anymore. It’s striking to me how, now that I am Continue Reading