motherhood
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These Moments
When my kids make my heart leap and their laughter fills my soul and I suddenly realize I am so incredibly blessed. When my husband has a hard day and God gives me peace and shows me how to pray. When I look in the mirror and am satisfied with who I see, instead of Continue reading
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Being
The kids are tucked in bed dreaming their Lego-and-lollipop-filled dreams and I go downstairs and flop into My Chair and exhale loudly with all my limbs splayed out as far as they can reach. It takes me a few minutes to gather the energy to get My Fuzzy Blanket and wrap it all the way Continue reading
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Fan of Prayer?
I’m honored to participate in our pastor’s current sermon series, “#1 Fan?” as a guest writer. Here is the fifth installment: — It had come as a shock. She simply placed her hand on my arm and with sympathy in her eyes and her voice barely above a whisper she said, “I’m sorry. There’s no heartbeat.” I choked Continue reading
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Five Minute Friday #21 – JOIN
I link up with Lisa-Jo on Fridays, where writing solely for the fun of it is the priority: “On Fridays over here a group of people who love to throw caution to the wind and just write gather to share what five minutes buys them. Just five minutes. Unscripted. Unedited. Real. Your words. This shared feast.” Continue reading
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The Mothers of All Battles
The leave of absence was granted with full enthusiasm, both by the colonel and me, the Good Soldier. I needed not only time away from the battle, but time to regain strength to carry on. I returned to duty expecting not to get completely exasperated the first day. After all, isn’t a Good Soldier trained Continue reading
