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I've never been much of a planner - I love living with intention, yet organization and planning are not so much my jam. But since I aspire toward more purposeful living, for the first time, I did make a bucket list for the year. I love the intentionality that making a...
Dad, You are Enough
Recently I wrote an article about how moms are enough -- just as they are. Did you think I had forgotten about you, dads? I haven’t. Guess what? The same goes for you! I know you sometimes want to come off like you don’t deal with insecurities attached to this gig...
Frosted Jars
Frosted Jar So, I was making a gift this week and realized some of you may be interested in a little DIY! After making these jars, I have filled them with fresh flowers, branches, candles, colorful Christmas bulbs, autumn leaves, etc. The look is only limited to your...
Why Marriage Works for Us
This past April marked my ninth wedding anniversary. It got me thinking about all the ways I have appreciated my husband in the past decade, all the things I want my daughters to know about their dad when searching for their own spouse. And although I'm rarely sappy...
I’ll Meet You There
You know how there are certain locations that, every time you see them, conjure up all kinds of memories? Perhaps the hospital where you gave birth to your first child, the church where you were baptized, or maybe even the spot where you broke up with your high school...
Should You Be Spring Cleaning Your Body?
Our bodies are exposed to an overload of toxins every day. Most toxins are environmental; we may rub them on our skin, breathe them in from our dishwasher soap, ingest them from our food, or create them with daily movement. We are designed to eliminate toxins from the...
When God Writes Your Adopted Children’s Story
It was a little more than a year ago last week that we held a funeral service for my son’s biological mother at our house. (If you want to read that story, I wrote about it here.) As I was reflecting on the past year — how far my son has come in school, the good...
Seize Today
The to-do list was long. I had a coveted day off from regular working responsibilities, but that didn’t lessen the load of what I needed to accomplish. I woke up early when I could have slept in, feeling the pressure begin to mount as all of the undone things on my...
When Did I Turn into Judgy Mom?
It was Silly Day at preschool. My 4-year-old, Elise, was wearing pajamas, mismatched silver and ladybug shoes, and big, floral sunglasses that accompanied the numerous wild buns in her bright blonde hair. As we stepped in from the cold sunshine outside into the warmth...
Easy Ways to Give this Summer
With the school year winding down, most of us would like to fall into a summer coma, only to be rudely awakened the day before school starts in the fall. But for me, the planning starts now! Over the summer, I have many things to plan and think about before those big...
