What if you and I could focus on the meaning of this time of year instead of the shame we carry over the mistakes and mishaps our family has encountered. As moms, it’s our jobs to make our family look good. As moms, we’re the ones who sway others with our stories and words. And we’ve lost the ability to be real, to share our hurts and joy. Somehow we’ve lost our identity and we face the shame our families aren’t perfect.
“Elijah isn’t reading as well as he could be. You can tell from the break he took over the summer he isn’t confident when he reads out loud. If he can spend 10 to 15 minutes each day reading, he can catch up to his peers.” Stunned by my genius child’s “lack,” I discovered another…
Everybody has a home team: the friends you call when you lock yourself out of your house once again and ask for the copy of keys you’ve given them or the person you talk to when something terrible happens. It’s these people who know what’s wrong with you and love you anyway. These are the…
Father God, I don’t even know where to start, I feel so trapped. I want to write–for my words to ignite thousands of women’s hearts to be on fire for you. I want each word to be the catalyst that makes each women turn around and run back to you–brave in their faith, steady in their walk, and…
I never thought when my husband and I named Tori “Victoria Grace” that it would take so much grace to parent her. Her very being reflects grace. After a difficult time conceiving her, we were told to let her go. They couldn’t find a heartbeat. I laid in bed praying only to come into the…
Friendships add flavor to our otherwise mundane and sometimes rough day. When you’ve hit your limit with your children and its not even 10 a.m., it feels SO good to know I can pick up the phone to call some of my closest friends. All I have to do is utter a sound and they…