The day started like others before. Potty time. Breakfast time. Sweeping up Cheerios. Lots and lots of Cheerios. TV watching, while...

You watch me scroll. You watch me smile or frown or yell for your Daddy to “Listen to this.“ I’ve hurt my neck looking down at it; I’ve...

Hi, my name is Jaclyn. And it’s time to fess up. So here goes– the Twitter version: I DO WHAT I TELL MY KIDS NOT TO DO. ALL THE TIME....

It’s 2pm, and I’m standing here alone in the kitchen, swallowing down the last crumbs of dry cereal from a plastic cup. It is not quiet...

Today, I rewarded myself with FOUR Double-Stuffed Oreos, and I was “this close” to making it to five. Of no surprise, this treat took...

Let me start by explaining I raise boys; three of them under my roof, but I’m writing this post very much aware of my nieces and other...

God gave me more than I could handle. Chances are, mama, He did you, too. I saw you today, carrying your newborn tightly at the zoo, and...

A new post for anyone else who’s found mothering to be hard today. It’s 2pm, and all I hear are running feet and slamming doors… I don’t...

3am comes with a wail, and my sleepy brain tells my sleepy body to — just get him up. Not necessarily baby at this point, but get up my...

God with us. He is with us. Even today, when headlines shout “God Isn’t Fixing This” gun problem, carnage, this hateful, messy world, and...

I sit sideways in the leather recliner in a dim room. Monitors and cords hug you in my belly as I listen to the pulse of a machine get...

Almost as instantly as my oldest son turned 3, an uninvited guest turned up in our home. My boy’s toddler voice whispered a new word —...

The costumes are put away, and the pumpkin sits lonely and dark on the porch. I listen to the washing machine clean up the dirt carried...

A Message From Your Mommy Before We Meet. I feel you turn and kick, and I rub my skin, hoping you can sense the calm of my touch. I talk...

I stood still and quiet in our kitchen. My phone connected to the little white cord that powers it; tethered to the room where meals are...

We’ll have been married for six years next month, and I am absolutely certain when we exchanged our vows that beautiful fall day, I had...

One day, my child, you’ll be too big.  But not today. Today, you made a choo-choo train from three plastic chairs on the back deck....

1pm, 10pm, 3am, 7:30am. I’m getting used to keeping times. He coughs in his sleep, and I listen closely for my name – “mommy.” He is two...

My children, These times in which you are living are not easy. They are in fact hard and inflicted with hurt. What you read and observe...

With a must-read scripture passage for all ladies. I’m in my 30s, which means I’ve lived through New Kids On The Block, their first...