What if Our Time Together is Cut Short?
I hear the baby crying on the monitor. I open my eyes, roll out of bed, and stumble to his room. “Mama’s here,” I whisper. I pull him out…
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Fear
This Stage of Life is Scary, Too
I sat on the edge of my daughter’s bed as she listed off a number of reasons she’s afraid of the dark. After validating her fears, I…
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The Anchor Holds
Our family loves being out on the water. We are fortunate to live on the Gulf Coast of Florida, so we take our boat out often. Although we have both…
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My Husband Knows Every Part of Me But This
He stood at the center of a crowd the night I knew I’d marry him. He was a teenager playing for our high school basketball team. After the…
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Losing the Ones I Love Most Is My Greatest Fear
There is always a risk in love. Loving someone is such a vulnerable thing because as you give your heart to that person, you don’t know…
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Fighting For My Daughter Against My Anxiety
I rarely put my daughter to bed. My husband doesn’t mind, he says. He enjoys getting the final snuggles before he softly lays her down, cozied in…
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Learning When To Push My Child—And When To Stop
A year ago my husband and I pulled our three-year-old son’s unconscious body from the bottom of a pool. In the moments that followed, I…
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Teach Me to Be Brave
I am afraid. For most people, it’s an emotion. In my case, it’s a character trait. Ask those who know me the very best, and I’m sure they’ll…
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A Gunman Terrorized My Church One Sunday Morning and it Taught Me Something About Faith
I was seven months pregnant on the day an armed man entered our church and fired shots inside the sanctuary. We were all on edge for a month before…
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My Husband Has Three Wives
I have anxiety and, because of it, my husband has three wives—and they’re all me. This is not a joke nor a play on words. Mental illness and…
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