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We bought our first house when our boys were six months old and a little over two years old. It was a cute little house in a quiet neighborhood. Our plans were to establish ourselves in the community and after a few more years, relocate to a bigger house, perhaps out...
Eating Out – Missionary Style
Over the years I’ve been on several mission trips. The standard on a mission trip in regards to food is that if someone you are staying with, or the group you are ministering to, serves it, you eat it. If it appears that it might make you puke, you politely say,...
Even Wonder Woman Needs Help Sometimes
Calling my husband as I left the doctor's office, I choked up as the words came out: "Honey, thank God - there is actually something medically wrong with me." As I sat in my car after I hung up with him, I wept hot, hard tears. This current version of me hasn't been...
Body Image
Today was just one of those days. You know the days where your hair has a mind of it’s own, a pimple has popped up right in the middle of your forehead, and you get another swimsuit catalog in the mail. Yep, there it was, just waiting in my mailbox at the end of a...
An American Girl’s Declaration of Independence
When we were little, my sister and I had a variety of dolls. Baby Bubbles, Water Babies, Cabbage Patch Kids. But one of my favorites was named Felicity, and she was an American Girl doll. If you are familiar with the American Girl company in its early days, back...
Savoring this Life
“Look, I know you don’t want to hear this, but if anything should happen to me…” He pauses, takes a breath. Heart stuttering, I rush to interrupt. “Stop. Just – stop. Nothing’s going to happen to you–” Ignoring me, he plows on. “Talk to Chris, he can give you the...
Embracing Imperfection
I have a confession: my bathrooms are covered in wallpaper circa 1989. You know the kind: dusky blue wagon wheels with mauve highlights? Yep. I just need a few beribboned geese hanging on the wall to make it complete. And while I've removed the wallpaper covered in...
Grab-n-Go Snack Mix
We have a joke in our family. If you want a grocery item to go out of production, just have my kiddos fall in love with it. We have had more favorite food items go off the market than I think is statistically possible. Of course, these items were ones that made...
Lysa TerKeurst
You’re Stronger Than You Think You Are
You’re stronger than you think you are. My husband lovingly spoke these words over me a couple of years ago when I was struggling through a difficult time. I was fighting with some old baggage that wants desperately to stay active in my life at most every turn:...
