Are you one of those mommas who likes to have all of your children’s life-changing moments of discovering their Savior all neatly and perfectly planned out? I am. If my kids are going to fall in love with Jesus, I just always assumed that it would happen during one of our “Dried Bean Cross Crafts” or while we were […] Read more…
Motherhood…a time of intense sacrifice, love, and emotions. Also a time of intense sleep-deprivation, screw-ups, and winging it. When you pair several non-sleepy kiddos with one very sleepy momma, there’s no telling what each day will hold! And with that, here are 20 things that I have literally said and done throughout my own motherhood. […] Read more…
My buddy John Piper said something along these lines: “I would rather my son remember me as a ‘doormat’, as someone who gave out a dollar to anyone who asked, rather than him remember me as the most frugal person he ever knew.” Hmm. Why in the world would any red-blooded, bona fide American say […] Read more…
I have a 3-week-old baby…which means that I am one happy, disheveled, sleepy momma. I also have 3 other young children. And – trust me – they are just as needy, rambunctious, and curious as before precious baby Jesse arrived. Just because a new baby joins the family circus doesn’t mean that everything else stops…or even slows […] Read more…
I thought it would never happen… I was starting to think that I would be pregnant forever… but now, all of a sudden, he is here. And I can’t remember life before him. The trials of a long and difficult pregnancy followed by a fast and difficult labor were quickly forgotten when our 4th child – our […] Read more…
Lab rats. Endangered fish. Cecil the lion. Trees. All of these are protected by concerned people. All of these are fought for. All of these have rights to life. Petitions have been signed and money has been raised and laws have been passed…all in order to preserve something that is precious and valuable in the eyes of […] Read more…
As I waddle my 9-month pregnant self in and out of stores, I receive any number of various looks… …the look of pity. Because, let’s face it, nothing looks more pitiable than a perspiring pregnant lady pushing a buggy that has 3 young children haphazardly attached to it. In late July. In the Heart of Dixie. […] Read more…
I am 10,000 months pregnant, which means…well, it means I really, really like Random Food Stops. Our most recent Random Food Stop involved jellybeans. The sour ones that you can buy in bulk out of a bin at The Fresh Market. They were exactly what Baby #4 ordered. However…as perfect and timely and delicious as […] Read more…
Play dates are the best. I love them because my children get to practice sharing and putting others first. It’s also funny to see the deep appreciation that develops for their own dusty toys now that someone else is playing with them. I also love play dates because, although a little work on the front […] Read more…
We will never know much about each other. We probably won’t even learn each other’s names…if we still even have a name other than ______’s Mommy. But in those 5 or 10 minutes that we are thrown together at the Chick-Fil-A playground, or in the pediatrician’s waiting room, or watching through the mesh as our children jump around […] Read more…