If College Lauren were to take a trip from the past and come visit Present Day Mommy Lauren, I’m not sure she would recognize me. My priorities have changed. My hair has changed. What I enjoy has changed. The way I spent a Friday night ten years ago sounds like a nightmare to me now; […] Read more…
“Children are among the ‘all’ that we are called to serve.” – John Piper. For stay-at-home-moms, it’s easy to believe that our purpose, our time, our energy, our love and affection is destined to never venture outside the walls of our home. By the time Mount Laundry is washed, the groceries are bought, and 2,571 […] Read more…
Homemade typically wins… …Homemade cards trump Hallmark. Nothing says “I love you” from my preschooler more than random pieces of string, old food, and shredded paper glued to a piece of heart-shaped paper. …According to my kids, a made-up story is so much better than one out of a book. Who wants a quiet reading […] Read more…
It is an absolute wonder and miracle that any of our first-born children turn out even halfway normal. For where we relax and get the hang of things with children numbers two and on, we were just one unexpected-middle-of-the-night-feeding away from a total and complete panic attack with baby number one. The amount of stress […] Read more…
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.” Psalm 32:8 This verse is wonderful news! We don’t have to muster up the know-how for living a godly life…He has provided counsel through His Word and through His own dealings with men […] Read more…
You pin your crafts on Pinterest…beautiful and precious works of art that originated from the incredibly creative recesses of your wonderful, crafty brain. You share your deep thoughts on Twitter…convicting and encouraging words that overflow from a heart following hard after Jesus and a mind rooted in God’s Word. You post your parenting wisdom on […] Read more…
God, in His infinite wisdom and mercy, chose that I would exist in this specific moment of history. Who knows what all of His reasons are? But I think that I do know one of them… Movies. God knew how heavily I would rely on movies during the “little years” of parenting. He knew that […] Read more…
Confession time: I am not a keeper of baby hair, baby teeth…really anything that falls off their body. I don’t know why, but I just don’t get much of a warm and fuzzy feeling when I look at a bag of little teeth. Or a tuft of hair taped to a piece of paper. […] Read more…
As a mommy, it is very easy, very tempting to look back at previous seasons of life and sort of long for those days. I don’t know why I do it. I am surrounded by the preciousness of my young children. Absolutely surrounded. (Literally, all the time) Yet I am often blind to all that […] Read more…
I am officially a Whole30 convert…and quite possibly the most unexpected convert to ever join the Paleo / Whole30 community. I fought it for so long. And I fought it hard. It’s like I wanted to be so justifiably miserable that I could return to the “fun” way of eating sans conviction. But alas, here […] Read more…