Posted on October 9, 2018
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My babies are moving out soon. Last year, in October, Hannah moved out, making our nest empty and I was ssstttrrruuugggggggggggllllliiiinnnggg for a minute. Then just as I was deciding this was an okay gig and I began to enjoy my clean home, inviting…
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Category: Faith, Family, God, Grace, Grief, Growing up, Husbands, Marriage, Men, Midlife Crisis, motherhood, Parenthood, Parenting, Relationships, Simplicity, Spiritual Growth & Health, Thankfulness, WisdomTags: Babies, Beginnings, Children, Christianity, Daughters, Family, Fathers, Freedom, God, Growing up, Homeschooling, Husbands, Jesus, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Marriage, Memories, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Recovery, Relationships, Sons, Support, Women
Posted on September 20, 2018
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I have spent a decade recovering from my husband’s betrayal. I often refer to that event as the beginning of great change in my entire family’s lives. Betrayals in marriage make others uncomfortable. Some of our closest family members have created distance between…
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Category: Abuse, Being a Woman, Betrayal, Confessions, divorce, Faith, Family, God, Grace, Grief, Health, Husbands, Infidelity, Lessons Learned, Marriage, Midlife Crisis, Relationships, Spiritual Growth & Health, Thankfulness, WisdomTags: Children, Christianity, church, Family, Health, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Memories, Prayer, Recovery, Relationships, Women
Posted on July 25, 2018
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Every family has them, right? It’s just how things happen in this American culture, especially in the generation before mine, which I often call the “sweep it all under the rug” generation.
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Category: Being a Woman, Betrayal, Confessions, divorce, Faith, Family, Fathers, God, Gossip, Grace, Grief, Growing up, Husbands, Infidelity, Lessons Learned, Marriage, Men, Midlife Crisis, motherhood, Parenthood, Parenting, Prayer, Relationships, remarriage, Spiritual Growth & Health, stepparents, WisdomTags: Abortion, Aging, Anger, Babies, Beginnings, Character, Children, Christianity, Confession, courage, Daughters, divorce, Family, Fathers, Freedom, Friendship, God, Gossip, Grace, Growing up, Growth, heartbreak, Husbands, Jesus, Justice, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Marriage, Memories, Men, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Prayer, Recovery, Relationships, Respect, Siblings, Sin, Sisters, Sons, Support, Tragedy, Women
Posted on November 17, 2017
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Still wading around in the upside down world a bit, but simply being is getting less uncomfortable each day…
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Category: Aging, Being a Woman, Family, Grace, Grief, Growing up, Health, Husbands, Lessons Learned, Marriage, Midlife Crisis, motherhood, Parenthood, Parenting, Relationships, Simplicity, WisdomTags: Children, Family, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Motherhood, Relationships, Women
Posted on October 30, 2017
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I’ve been raising babies for 31-plus years. Many of those years there were 4 or 5 of them under our roof. They were my life’s work. I poured myself into motherhood. It was my calling, my ministry, my redemption. It was also where I…
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Posted on May 21, 2017
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This is an entry from a blog I authored several years ago. Sometimes it’s good to take a trip back and revisit difficult times so as to see the work of His hands since then. I am grateful for my journey. All of it….
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Posted on January 23, 2016
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Idiosyncrasies. We all have them. Right? When I look through our photos, in and out of albums, I have this urge to place my index finger and thumb on the corners to make them bigger. I have to remind myself that I can only…
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Posted on December 19, 2015
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Usually when I post on my blog it’s because He’s put something on my heart to share in hopes that others who struggle with the same junk will be encouraged, or at the very least, not feel so alone. Today I’m just feeling…
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Category: Aging, Being a Woman, God, Midlife Crisis, motherhood, Relationships, ThankfulnessTags: Aging, authenticity, Christianity, Confession, Family, Friendship, God, Marriage, Motherhood, Prayer, Self-Discovery, Submitting to God, Women
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