Motherhood & Family

I think somewhere along the way, a lot of us women learned that everything depends on us.  Our families. Our relationships. Our jobs. Our homes.  And listen, we matter. We contribute. We are important in those spaces.  But we are not the catalyst holding everything together.  For me, some of that instinct comes from being

The night before your senior year begins, the words of 1 Peter 2:12 are my prayer for you…”Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.” As the close of a chapter in your

For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices! She laid in her bed, waiting for him to wake up. It had been years since she had this feeling. The first time in a long time she was anxious for Christmas morning to arrive. Would he like his

The past couple of years I have written a post commemorating Jake on his birthday. This year, I had the privilege of commemorating him in my speech class. Below is the speech I presented just a few days after his 15th birthday. I remember the exact moment I fell in love. It was 9:11 a.m.

Whether we like it or not the behaviors of our parents (good or bad) have affected us in some form. We are, as much as we deny it, like our parents. Their makeup is what makes us their children. As Jake gets older, his mannerisms, his laugh, his reactions, become more and more like his

Jake is growing. It is evident just by looking at him. But if you don’t know Jake or if you don’t believe he has grown, just look at his knees. There seems to be new stretch marks popping up every week. You can also tell when he complains of his knees and ankles hurting…growing pains!

One of the benefits of living in a small town is having the support of so many people, with the same Christian values as I do, to help me with Jake… Jake is a great kid! He is sweet and kind-hearted, but he also thirteen. His parents were divorced when he was two years old

“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.” Psalm 139:23 As we draw closer to the Lord, we allow Him to search us and expose things that are not of Him. As with everyone, this is an ongoing process with me and the past week has been no exception…Jake

I could say that on November 12, 1998 at 9:11am was when my life changed, but it was before that…. On a February night in 1998, I remember looking at a pregnancy test in disbelief. It said I was pregnant. I was 20 years old, far away from my family and completely numb. I was

That was today’s message from the Lord…He reminded me through someone I met (via phone) today. A few posts back, I wrote about how as we are obedient to God, we build a legacy where He will bless us and our children. I believed this wholeheartedly, but I was thinking long-term, like Jake could be