Sometimes it feels as though you can’t protect your kids enough and that the conversations you have with them are too soon and too early. But you’re in great company, because I deal with that daily. I mentally dance the fine line of projecting my anxiety/fear on my child, and being too trusting of othersRead More
Motherhood: 3 things boys need to hear
Over the last few years of being a boy mom, I’ve come to realize how much of a gift it has been. I’m most certainly no expert in all things related to boys, but they’ve taught me quite a bit and continue to do so. Aside from the constant fart announcements, pee pee jokes, andRead More
One Year! Happy Birthday Izaiah
It doesn’t surprise me that the night before your birthday you insisted that you sleep on my chest as you did right when you were born. Initially I wanted you to be sleeping on your own, but I know that these moments aren’t forever…so I will hold you as long as you will let me.Read More
Tasty Eats: Mixed Berry Compote
If you know me, you know I wasn’t much of a cook. However, in efforts to spend less time running around, save money (that’s the big one), and mainly because my kids prefer to not eat out. So in the beginning of the year we adjusted our eating in addition to taking some time inRead More
5 ways I didn’t thrive our first year of ministry…
I’ve shared bits and pieces of our story, but never too much for fear that someone reading would see me on Sunday… but after seven years of diving full into ministry with my husband, some parts of me have grown thicker skin (well kind of). I wasn’t all too keen on the idea of comingRead More
Book Review | Girl, Wash your Face
Since my first experience with audiobooks, I’ve begun to check off my book list again. I love reading, and have had a love/hate relationship with finding and making the time for it. Well more so the ideal time to sit, drink coffee, read, in total (yep you guessed it) silence. But I digress, cause thoseRead More
Quality..quality time
As our Christmas break comes to a close, I’m filled with a lot of gratefulness. Unfortunately everyone was sick the majority of our break, I mean really sick. From stomach flu to RSV it’s been one quarantined holiday. It ended up being a serious blessing in disguise. We laughed a lot, cleaned from top toRead More
It’s Christmas time again!
The holidays have been in full gear, but we haven’t had much time to slow down. I’ll be honest I envisioned resting a bit more the weeks prior to going on Christmas break, but I’ve done anything but that. From preparing pacing guides, to working on ministry plans, and yes finally getting my kids’ physicalsRead More
In this Season: Beneath the Surface
It’s taken many years and multiple dead plants to finally feel like I’ve got a partial green thumb. When the succulent craze came about, I made sure to purchase two beautiful ones at IKEA just certain I would keep them alive…well I was wrong. And even after attempting again several months later, I still hadRead More
Self Care: Electric Toothbrushes & Healthy Teeth
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post and contains affiliate links. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Over the years I’ve begun to carve out time to take care of myself, especially after Izaiah came along. Realizing that the more I stay active, healthy, (and let’s be honest sane), it helps our boys know theRead More