What a week, friends! I just returned from a full seven days in Punta Cana, and it was heavenly. Temps in the 80s, staying in a beautiful resort, surrounded by my four favorite people… it doesn’t get much better than that. Here are just a few highlights…
This is definitely...
A few years ago, I found myself drowning in life, fighting to drudge up the motivation to do more than the most basic of tasks. Not because anything especially bad was happening, but because not much of anything was happening. Life just felt too… normal. All around me I saw...
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Friends, I am excited. I mean, like, ridiculously excited. Which is a little silly, because, well,...
I recently re-read one of my favorite books on prayer, Fervent by Priscilla Shirer. This book has absolutely transformed my prayer life! Each chapter encourages the reader to focus on praying for a different aspect of life, complete with Scriptures to pray through. In the back of...
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This has gotten a little bit out of hand.
Last year I decided to set a Goodreads goal for the first...
As a child, I had awful recurring nightmares. Over the years a few different “plots” played on repeat in my head, some of which I can still remember. All of them ended the same way, though: me waking up in terror, summoning my courage to run to my parents’ room through the...
When I went through childbirth classes, our instructor admonished us not to tense up during contractions. She encouraged us to relax instead so they could do what they were intended to do. Tensing up and fighting the pain only prevents the contractions from accomplishing their purpose. The less...
A few years ago, I was immensely blessed to be on the launch team for a book by Jen Hatmaker. The women I met on that team continue to be an amazing group of friends, and one of the dearest is Kelly Johnson. Last year, Kelly’s first book, Being Brave, was released–and if you...
My youngest child is what we call an escape artist. Joey is eight and has Down syndrome. He also has limited impulse control and virtually no fear of strangers, wandering away from his parents (or teachers or other caretakers). Add to that a limited vocabulary and difficulty answering...
“I just want to be shallow and happy!” I cried. I was sitting at dinner with friends, a much-needed break in a hard season. I was still struggling with my son’s Down syndrome diagnosis, still stumbling through depression. Overwhelmed by the seemingly insurmountable...
