40 Is the Age I Finally Arrive
I’m turning forty in a few short months. Forty. In my younger years, I assumed 40 would be the age…
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I’m turning forty in a few short months. Forty. In my younger years, I assumed 40 would be the age…
Continue ReadingIt was a rare family outing. I had finally braved the world—germs, sunshine, bugs, strangers, and all. We were in…
Continue ReadingI don’t want another baby... But I used to think I did. The sweet newborn snuggles. The experience of my…
Continue ReadingI used to think the mark of real friendship was inclusion. If I got invited to the brunch, the beach…
Continue ReadingHere we are again—another familiar season in the church calendar, another return to the words that have shaped so many…
Continue ReadingThis is something I don’t say out loud very often, mostly because it’s easy to misunderstand. I love being a…
Continue ReadingWe made a decision early on not to give our kids phones or smart watches when most of their friends…
Continue ReadingBefore I had kids of my own, I thought I knew exactly what kind of mom I’d be. As a…
Continue ReadingI’m the one who gets to watch everyone else’s babies. Diapers and bottles have been out of my home for…
Continue ReadingWhen you picture raising kids, you imagine the expected moments—birthday parties, scraped knees, school concerts, teenage moods, and one day…
Continue ReadingThe deeper I grow into motherhood, the more I see that it was never about the moments I once thought…
Continue ReadingFor a long time, I assumed a mom always knew exactly what to say to her children in every possible…
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