Kids Are Happy With the Simple Things, Mama—So Don’t Stress
Moms, we’re living in a season of overwhelm. And adding a heaping side of guilt, while we’re at it. And…
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Moms, we’re living in a season of overwhelm. And adding a heaping side of guilt, while we’re at it. And…
Continue ReadingEach spring, for years, my husband would throw grass seed in our backyard. As soon as the soft green spikes…
Continue ReadingIt’s a beautiful day. The sun is shining with such intensity I find myself squinting. Every time I venture to…
Continue ReadingWe spent spring break in quarantine, and our summer getaway is heading toward mask-clad lockdown. A family vacation is about…
Continue ReadingI want highlight reels of my life but not just the images—the feel, smell, taste, sound, and sights of years…
Continue ReadingThis week my first grader came home with a paper bag and an assignment to fill it with items from…
Continue ReadingI took this picture because I wanted to remember. I wanted to remember the way my grandma’s hand felt under…
Continue ReadingIn the 1980s and 1990s, my mom and dad were my Sunday school teachers at different and repeated times throughout…
Continue ReadingSnow day . . . before Christmas . . . in the month of December—for the working mom or any…
Continue ReadingIf adulthood has made one thing clear it’s that money doesn’t grow on trees, but it sure seemed to every…
Continue Reading“All the Christmas ornaments are destroyed,” my husband Greg said one Saturday this fall. “What?” I glared at him like…
Continue ReadingAs much as I hate to admit it, I'm a stickler when it comes to decorations. Once, when my older…
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