Fix Your Eyes on the Faithfulness of Our God
“This is getting crazy,” my husband said to me one night while we sat at the dinner table. “Stop talking to me about the virus. You’re…
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Fear
It’s Our Job as Parents to Carry the Weight of the World So Our Kids Don’t Have To
I was eight years old, sitting in elementary school computer class with a friend (no doubt playing KidPix, Oregon Trail, or some equally riveting,…
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The Day My Baby Was Born, I Was Born Again Too
When I saw the double-blue lines on the pregnancy test, I erupted into loud, boisterous sobs. While most women’s cries stem from excitement and…
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Postpartum Anxiety Could Have Been My Undoing, But God Made it My Redoing
Isn’t it funny that after you kill a spider you instinctively look for another one? Suddenly, you are aware of the eight-legged danger that might…
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Please Don’t Leave Me Yet, Mom
The sound of my phone startled me as I started down a dirt path in search of momentary solitude. I groaned, irritated by the interruption, pulling it…
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God’s Promise Through the Storm
Those of us in the Southeast know that not long after summer begins and the heat overtakes everything under the sky, the hurricane warnings will…
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To the Mom With the Traumatic Birth Experience
In 2016, I gave birth to my son after a challenging and stressful pregnancy. From the first month of my pregnancy, I suffered from a complication…
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My Husband Asks Why I Cry So Many Nights, But I Just Can’t Tell Him the Truth
It’s beginning again, just like I remember. Tears come uninvited, streaming down my face. My voice rises; my patience with my kids dwindles. It has…
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My Parents Are Aging and I Worry
I woke suddenly in the wee hours of the morning, unsure if it was the pounding thunder that had startled me awake or the pounding of my heart. I sat…
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I Hold You Close Because I’m Afraid of Losing You, Too
Dearest child, I hold on so tight because I’m afraid of losing you. I caught myself staring at you during story time today. We were curled up in my…
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