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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...