This morning I woke up to the sounds of Will’s creaky door opening, listening to see if I’d respond, and then the pitter patter of feet back to his bed. I drifted in and out of sleep and then heard the sweetest song. I see the moon and the moon sees me, The moon sees […]
Singing this, praying this, receiving this over our home & praying it over yours. How timely Holy Spirit moves through words like these. May they bless you as they have blessed us. In other news, we’re pretty sure Grayson Jon may leave gospel trails with his lyrics one day too. Xo, M The Blessing (Click […]
This morning I had a deepening conversation with Jeff. I was saddened, overwhelmed and heavy over yesterday. Over how divisive brokenness can be and over how so many become misunderstood, when really it can be a vessel for unity as lovers of the Lord. And Jeff reminded me, the internet creates quite a lens, a […]
This morning I was ugly mom to my kids. I wanted all the scones and pizza for breakfast and delicious coffee that is so bad on my stomach. I wanted to pay a babysitter to come do a better job then my short temper was doing. I didn’t want to reason with unreasonable toddlers anymore. […]
I must confess I’ve wondered if Mary ever held bitterness as a mother. As the mama, yes, even of Emmanuel. With tired, sunken eyes. And broken words. And misplaced expectations. And her body and mind, plate and time no longer feeling like it belongs, even remotely, to her. My weariness has gone both spoken and […]
Did you know your body holds trauma? Even in little ones who may not have the cognitive ability to communicate it in logic or reason or sentences. Traumatic events can leave us feeling unsafe and disrupt our assumptions and beliefs about life, the entire world around us. Your sense of control can feel shattered and […]
When it’s gone, it’s gone. That’s what I told the boys when the water table was finally filled. They like to dump it. Bucket by bucket. Into the holes, “feeding the flowers”, drowning the ants, into their stomach… Thank goodness grace doesn’t work this way, am I right? Sometimes I think there could never be […]
I definitely judged a mom once for saying she was annoyed with her kid. Then this morning my feet flew out the door as fast as they could — after emptying the three year old’s pee and putting my shoes on and kissing my babies goodbye since I knew I’d miss them within ten seconds […]
Protect your peace I’ve heard these three words many times in the last eight months. They’ve become my bread each day. What manna do you daily take and eat? It has been eight days since Easter and I have seen the crushing weight of my sin meeting my breathless love for my Savior. I have […]
Nine minutes till the Bachelor. Not even, just the really unnecessary Women Tell All part of the show that my sweet man would tell me to turn off before I turn it on. Can I tell you something really annoying about me? I always, always look up all the spoilers for The Bachelor–like one split second before it airs. […]
