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mommys15minutes
May 17, 20164 min read
Let Them Be Fierce.
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...
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mommys15minutes
May 6, 20162 min read
God Gave Me More Than I Could Handle.
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...
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mommys15minutes
Apr 18, 20164 min read
The Kids Aren’t Mine.
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...
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mommys15minutes
Jan 18, 20162 min read
The Night A Brownie Made Me Cry.
As mothers, we give up a lot for our kids. Of course, there’s sleep. Often, our bodies. Sometimes, our portions, our social lives, our...
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mommys15minutes
Jan 14, 20163 min read
Encouragement at 3AM if you’re holding baby in one arm & phone in the other…
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...
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mommys15minutes
Dec 13, 20152 min read
A Love Note To Our Youngest As You Become Our Middle…
Savoring SO MUCH with baby brother’s arrival approaching quick. The time is right to share a love note to our youngest as you become our...
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mommys15minutes
Dec 3, 20153 min read
UPDATE ON YOUR PRAYERS for our babies.
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...
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mommys15minutes
Nov 19, 20152 min read
Sharing a piece of my heart, as I’m trusting my Father with each heartbeat.
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...
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mommys15minutes
Nov 12, 20152 min read
A note as we #PrayforParis and remember monsters are real.
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 —...
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mommys15minutes
Nov 1, 20153 min read
Unwrapped.
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...
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mommys15minutes
Oct 8, 20153 min read
A note for the lady who just told me she felt sorry for me at Target.
It is a Friday, not much different than the weekdays before. I am trying my best to steer a cart of groceries, while keeping an eye on my...
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mommys15minutes
Oct 7, 20154 min read
To My Baby Inside.
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...
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mommys15minutes
Oct 2, 20155 min read
When We Awaken To Fear.
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...
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mommys15minutes
Sep 21, 20156 min read
Will You Bring Me Some Toilet Paper?
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...
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mommys15minutes
Sep 9, 20153 min read
Too Big.
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....
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mommys15minutes
Sep 2, 20154 min read
To The Mommy Who’s Cried These Tears
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...
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mommys15minutes
Jun 29, 20153 min read
A Note To My Kids About Your Parents’ CHRISTIANITY.
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...
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mommys15minutes
Jun 15, 20153 min read
A Post About Your Daddy.
My sons, You see him up early, almost everyday, a part of your morning that comes with a scooped-up hug and smile that makes you smile,...
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mommys15minutes
Jun 12, 20153 min read
Girls And Our Pearls.
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...
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mommys15minutes
May 22, 20152 min read
The Difference A Year Makes.
I’ve seen plenty of them this week. I’m talking about those side-by-side snapshot comparisons of that nerve-rattled first day and last...
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