What happened when a boy sent my daughter a horrid text message
My oldest child, Grace, is nearly 15. While she is growing into a beautiful young woman, she is still a child and even though I trust her, I do check…
My oldest child, Grace, is nearly 15. While she is growing into a beautiful young woman, she is still a child and even though I trust her, I do check…
I have the worst time trying to talk on the phone these days. It occurred to me recently that maybe I need to just take the pressure off and acknowledge…
This poor mom on TikTok whose baby favors one breast over the other. If you have dealt with this, you know what it feels (and looks) like. Abbie Herbert and…
Becoming a Mother is a mystical, magical, often messy experience so many women, including myself, are fortunate to know. It feels a bit like an elusive club, like the historic…
Every time a mama watches her child walk away, she feels a piece of her heart walk away too; and wherever a mama's babies go, a piece of her heart…
It’s 10pm and the kids are snug in bed. I’m aimlessly scrolling on social media falling deeply down a rabbit hole. The voices inside my head start rambling. “Wow, look…
I’m not enjoying motherhood right now. I cringe and duck down as I share that, but it’s the truth. Before those attack me who can’t have children and before those…
I have found myself asking the question “am I enough?” I lot lately. Was I enough for my kids? Do I work enough? Do I do enough ministry? Do I…
I have a confession: I struggled to bond with my baby, it did not come instantly at all. It was a long struggle but the biggest lesson I learned was…
As I cross the mark of being a stay-at-home mom for as long as I was a working mom, I feel like it's time to share some insight and lessons…
I distinctly remember sitting in my car crying my eyes out in a parking lot in the cities. I had been told there was a meeting for an organization I…
Online training completed. Fingerprints and background check all good. Now I wait. I wait for a call to provide respite for a foster family. Behind the scenes of foster care…