At some point you’ll lose yourself.
I know I did, deep in the trenches of motherhood, being a wife, being an employee and everything in between.
I even lost myself to an illness that blindsided me.
In the Middle of Your Un-fine Moments: What I Want My Kids to Know
But that’s the point isn’t it? Friendships are built on gritty, messy, imperfect everyday moments. Friendship like doesn’t happen overnight. And it reminds me what I tell my kids often, “The day you plant a seed is not the day you eat its fruit.” Friendship and community are like that. It’s built on a series of 1,000 little everyday moments, taking the time to invest in someone else. It’s built on answering the phone at 2 a.m. when you’re already exhausted from a teething toddler or a teen who missed curfew. It’s built on showing up for 40th birthday parties, and Juice Plus events.
How to Make Marriage Less About You
It’s been said that everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die. I’ve found the same to be true about marriage. Everybody wants to be married but no one wants to do the work. Having been married nearly 21 years I’m often asked how we make it work. Here’s the secret: Marriage isn’t…
Bold truths and raw faith
Boldness has taken an interesting turn since childhood. As a girl growing up in the desert, being bold meant facing off with the rivers of flash floods. Or when I was in seventh grade, I punched a boy in the face for picking on my brother. I’m finding I’m not the same girl in…
Sistering is the best part of life: Don’t miss out
Whenever my sister Becky calls, she comes up as Becky ICE. ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. She lives in Wyoming with her two boys, and she loves me fiercely, even though we mixed like oil and water during our formative years. Both of my sisters, Becky and Sarah, are on my home team…
11 Tips to get organized for school plus dozens of ideas to make it happen
It’s that time of the year–BACK TO SCHOOL. While I’m not looking forward to being in charge of getting 5 people up and out the door by 7:45 AM, I am excited to have some ME time back and for my children to expand their little minds in all things educational. Um…could someone hand me a…