Why I’m Encouraging My Daughter to Attend Beauty School
My daughter was two when she started picking out her own outfits, each day looking through her drawers with her…
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My daughter was two when she started picking out her own outfits, each day looking through her drawers with her…
Continue Reading“You don’t ever have anything bad to say about your husband, do you?” she asked me. I froze. Because I…
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Continue ReadingThis is what keeping the faith looks like. Thousands of prayer warriors surrounding one incredible family, who is huddled around…
Continue ReadingSpecial needs mom. Special. Needs. Mom. Three little words, tiny words, but they feel like cement in my mouth.…
Continue ReadingThere I was, unsuspecting on a Saturday morning, folding the mountain of clean laundry I’d left from last week’s laundry…
Continue ReadingA few months ago, I asked the people who live in my house and call me “Mom” a Very Important…
Continue ReadingFor the first years of my adult life, I was self-conscious, anxious, and selfish. I lacked confidence in my own decisions…
Continue ReadingWe need to do better, much better, at talking to our kids about sex. This isn't a new concern; it…
Continue ReadingAlthough This Is Us is on hiatus until fall, there was one episode from season two that has really stayed with…
Continue Reading“Your love is sickening.” We heard it more than once as we exchanged kisses on the cheek or made eyes…
Continue ReadingDear Husband, I want to talk to you about the longest minutes of my life. Those minutes are the minutes…
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