Round 2 in the Passenger Seat is Even Harder
Here I am, once again, in the passenger seat. The driver’s side mirrors are adjusted a little higher. The seat is moved back to fit his growing…
Continue ReadingHere on the Island of Autism Parenting
Hey, you. Yes, you there: mom to a kid on the spectrum. Well, you and I know they’re so much more than that. But sometimes those few words seem so…
Continue ReadingFinding My Confidence in Learning to Enjoy Exercise
This picture is of me, noticeably overweight, attending a silks class. This is something I’ve always wanted to do, but I looked noticeably out of…
Continue ReadingWe’re Walking the Road of Twin Loss Together
He climbed into our bed last week, holding the teddy bear that came home in his twin brother’s hospital grief box almost 10 years earlier.…
Continue ReadingSomewhere Between Wife and Mom, There Is a Woman
Sometimes, it’s hard to remember there is a woman behind the mom. At home, you feel caught between two worlds. Mom world and wife world. Sometimes…
Continue ReadingDear Mom, Until We Meet Again
Mom, I pray to the stars that someday, somewhere we pick up where we left off. Before the Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Before your life, my life, and our…
Continue ReadingFriendship, Living, Motherhood
Friendship Looks Different Now That Our Kids Are Older
When my kids were young and still in diapers, my friends and I used to meet up at Chick-fil-A for play dates. Our main goal was to maintain our…
Continue ReadingUntil I See You in Heaven, I’ll Cherish Precious Memories of You
Your memory floats through my mind so often that I’m often seeing two moments at once. I see the one that happened in the past, and I see the one I…
Continue ReadingJesus Meets Me in the Pew
I entered the church sanctuary a woman with a hurting and heavy heart. Too many worries on my mind, some unkind words spoken at home, and not enough…
Continue ReadingThe Day My Mother Died I Thought My Faith Did Too
She left this world with an endless faith while mine became broken and shattered. She taught me to believe in God’s love and his faithfulness. But…
Continue ReadingTo the Healthcare Workers Who Held My Broken Heart
We all have hard days at work. Those days that push our physical, mental, and emotional limits out of bounds and don’t play fair. 18 years ago,…
Continue ReadingCan I Still Trust Jesus after Losing My Child?
Everyone knows there is a time to be born and a time to die. We expect both of those unavoidable events in our lives, but we don’t expect them to…
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