What Daniel Tiger Taught Me About Standing up for What’s Right
On a beautiful, sunny morning, I was with mama friends and all our kiddos. Between the five of us, we…
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Kim Patton
God Redeemed the Broken Parts of My Infertility Story
It was a Wednesday morning when I sat around a table with a group of mamas I had just recently…
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Sometimes I Want to Skip This Part
Kelly Clarkson’s new album Chemistry is about the arch of her relationship with her husband and their divorce. The first song…
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$72.45 from an Angel at the Grocery Store
I stood at the checkout line while the cashier scanned my rewards card and said the balance aloud: $72.45 I…
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Dear New Mom, God Is Only a Whisper Away
While we were waiting to adopt, I would wake up in the middle of the night panicky. My mind would…
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He’s the God of Small Things In Motherhood Too
Normally, on a Sunday afternoon during the girls’ naptime, I try to get some work done or lie down to…
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A Strong Woman Does Not Always Feel Strong
You feel weak, mama, but you are strong We wear our strength in many forms, barely noticing the feats we…
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I Know What It’s Like To Have a Difficult Child
One Sunday morning during church, I was standing around bouncing my fussy premature baby around the cry room. This room…
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Dear Overstimulated Mama, You Need Rest
To the overstimulated mama, I know you used to be a person who loved singing and dancing, games and riotous…
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I Love Them More than I Love Myself
I read in a book once that you should pay attention to what makes you jealous. If someone describes something…
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Spaghetti Sauce Faith
It was Sunday afternoon, and I was loading my grocery cart higher than I ever had in my life. My…
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God Knew Her Name Before I Knew My Daughter
Infertility was an invisible enemy to me for years. Invisible because no one could tell when I walked down the…
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