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Considerate Kids
When I was a brand new mom I was terribly concerned about how my child was impacting those around me. Anytime he woke up, he would immediately scream for food as loud as 10 babies and I would do things...
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I Hate Dinner
I am currently living under a big dark cloud. I am easily frustrated, mostly disengaged and always tired. I’m nauseous from the moment I lift my head in the morning until after I fall asleep each...
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Master Chef Jr. Party {5th Birthday}
I love honoring milestones and making time to weave the golden threads of celebration into life, so here’s another fun idea to add to my party planning series. The TV show Master Chef Jr. came back on...
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‘Tis The Season
‘Tis the season for a lot of things I’m not feeling right now. Making merry and giving glad tidings? I really just want to hide in my house. I am grasping for ways to find genuine hope and joy, but I...
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Pick Me
My 3 year old daughter is obsessed with this little game she recently made up called “kitty in a cage.” She pretends to be a cat (the basis for most things these days) and wants you to buy her for 5...
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After Dinner Walk
One of my favorite past times is the After Dinner Walk. 10 minutes, 20 minutes, an hour- whatever we can pull off. Nothing beats getting out the door to roam around the neighborhood on foot. So much...
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I Still Love Mother’s Day
I still love Mother’s Day. Even though it’s always on a Sunday and I’m married to a pastor. He has to work all day but he finds ways to make it up to me. Like getting up early to make lemon poppy seed...
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Baby Day
I never realized how signifiant names were until I started having kids of my own. “You mean we have to pick the name he’ll be called forever?” “We have to decide now on what word will come out of our...
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Jumping In
I made a really important life decision when I was 15. I was at summer camp, lying on a fun island in the lake while watching people go off the rope swing. My friend Beka got up there (all fit and...
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The Uneven Road
We’re on the road again. The hopeful, worry-filled, nauseous, miracle laden road to having a baby. Having babies used to seem so straight forward. You plan out your ideal season to be pregnant, aim for...
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Our California Flower
I grew up in Oregon, my husband Brian grew up in Florida and it wasn’t until our mid-20’s that we found each other in California. We met, fell in love, married and started our family here. And while we...
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Glimpses of Light
I was talking with a friend recently about this season of parenting small kids. She said that her husband refers to it as “The Dark Ages.” And yes, he loves his life and his wife and his babies, but I...
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Star Wars Party {6th Birthday}
I love honoring milestones and making time to weave the golden threads of celebration into life, so here’s another fun idea to add to my party planning series. For most of us born in the mid-70’s,...
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New Every Morning
My kids are asleep in their beds, which is good news for them because I am not fit to be with others right now. The last two hours were not ones I am proud of and as I hang my head in my hands, all I...
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Around the Corner
I’ve been saying for months that as soon as our new baby arrives, things around our house should finally feel manageable again. Ridiculous, I know, but I’ve been pregnant for 2 years. Like an elephant....
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Abide
I’ve been praying since I was a child and I still do it everyday. Not just at mealtimes and bedtime, but in bursts throughout the day as I process and think. Like a conversation I am always having in...
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But it’s gonna be hard
So the doctor said she still has to have surgery. We prayed and you prayed and still we have to face the dreaded surgery. And I am so thankful that my baby girl will be able to walk and run and twirl...
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Baby Spica Cast Adventures {part poo}
It happened. The dreaded diaper blow-out in the spica cast. I have had multiple dreams about it and it was as bad-even worse- than I imagined. It got all over the inside of her cast and even came out...
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The One Thing Every Good Dad Needs
I grew up with a dedicated father and I know what a gift that is. He miraculously figured out how to “dad” well, even though he only met his own father once and had no example to follow. And of course...
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Invited In
Our little Poppy gets a lot of attention these days. We get plenty of stares and strangers asking questions- because it’s not often you see a baby in a cast. People are curious (and mostly kind) and...
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