There are many stages of life when I had felt overwhelmed before. Like when I was a busy college student; when I was working full time, adjusting to marriage, while also learning to manage a home, plus the office for a non-profit; or then when I was at home with my first baby. But my … Continue reading Why I Was Overwhelmed with Two Kids but Thriving with Four
Here you are with a baby. There's a steep learning curve and you're figuring it out on the job, with less sleep than ever. It is easy to feel like you're drowning. It's easy to think you're failing. And it's easy to feel you're not enough. But I want you to remember you're doing the … Continue reading Letters to a First-Time Mom – When You Feel Like You’re Not Enough
We are often trapped into thinking there is only one way. There's only one option. There is no way to go around the temptations, the frustrations, the inconveniences, the difficulties, the daily stressors, the relational issues, the habits, the diet failures, the addictions, and the hasty words. I am often stuck thinking there's no way … Continue reading The Other Way : Five Minute Friday Linkup
The most significant question I've been asked this year is, "Where is your faith?" Sam asked it of me when I was having a pretty ridiculous freak out about projects I wanted done before the baby was born. I was probably a few weeks out from my due date, he was up to his ears … Continue reading The Most Significant Question I’ve Been Asked This Year
Kids brushing teeth makes me crazy.
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There are so many parts of the whole teeth-brushing process that make me crazy, I don't even know if I can go into it without losing whatever good place I had in my heart when I sat down to tell you about it. But for the sake of the whole point, I'll tell you about it. If you have small kids, I'm pretty sure you know what I'm talking about, but if you don't, let me break it down for you.
First, brushing teeth is apparently a form of torment made bearable by bubblegum flavored goo. The resistance to the act of brushing teeth is akin to what I imagine the reluctance one may have if she is being marched into a churning sea by walking the plank. Repeat twice daily.
Sometimes beauty pops up at the wrong time. Nobody told these daffodils that they weren't supposed to come up yet. Nobody told them not to bloom. They just did. We had a warm spell about 6 weeks ago, following a pretty hard cold snap. These guys pushed through the ground around the beginning of January, really … Continue reading Unseasonable Beauty
Last night my 3-year-old and I had the evening to ourselves. So after sending the Kindergartener and her daddy out to a special Valentine's Day dance, we ran to the car against the blustery wind, slammed the door with a gasp, and drove off to pick up eggs and meat from a local farmer. This is a great arrangement. … Continue reading Grass fed with a side of fries