As a parent, there’s no greater joy than watching the Spirit of God at work in the lives of our children.

Do you ever feel heavy? Not like a number-on-the-scale kind of heavy but rather a just-need-some-room-to-breathe kind of heavy. Like...

Pack this note like a guidebook in your bag. Pull it out as you decorate your space. Read in between the lines and see if you can find...

First of all, we made it! Here we all are, headed into winter break, having survived the shock of this brand new adventure. Those...

My boys, I’m writing to you now, as I’ve done many times since you were born and even before. Love letters to echo across seasons and...

From the start, I need to be clear. I’ve got Zero problems with bikinis. I own them. You and your daughters and your sisters likely do,...

My Mother-In-Law is gifted at giving gifts. Each candy-coated holiday, birthday, Christmas celebration is packed with presents and...

The morning was overcast and dark, yet I couldn’t find my sunglasses fast enough. I had my left hand on the steering wheel, digging...

I had trouble sleeping last night, and 3am on found me wide awake. My mind was running too fast to slow down, and I picked up my phone...

“It’s about to get real.” Have you ever caught yourself repeating those words? Maybe as the contractions quickened in the hospital or...

“I’m proud of you,” I whisper into his three-year old ears as he falls asleep. So very proud. After the June sun set late tonight, sweaty...

I’m tired of it. I’m tired of all the fussing and all the sweeping and all the folding and refolding and folding some more. I’m tired of...

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....

As I start this post, I can still feel the “sticky” of the Polynesian sauce I didn’t fully get scrubbed off the kitchen table. That...

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...

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...

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...

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...