Want to love your friends? Try this one simple trick encouragement love your friends

I have to tell you… I cried a little when I saw this picture. Like, real, actual tears.

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No, it’s not because I love Hobby Lobby that much. (I DO love the Lobby, though. I’m not gonna lie.) And it’s not because Grace was coming home with more art supplies. (OK, maybe a...

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When you can’t sing, hum: A Glorious Table post encouragement hope loving jesus the glorious table trials

Several months ago, my family went to war. Okay, maybe “war” is a little dramatic, but that’s what it felt like. Over the course of about three weeks, we went from being the happiest and healthiest we had been in a long time to fighting battles on every front. All five of us...

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Dear Moms – Posting at The Glorious Table encouragement mommyhood motherhood the everyday mom the glorious table

Dear moms of babies,

You are exhausted, I know. You aren’t getting enough sleep. You’re in the thick of all of the mommy wars—breastfeeding or bottle-feeding, cloth or disposable diapers, pacifier or thumb—and all you want to do is love your kids well and not mess...

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Encouragement for moms: you’re doing great, I promise! encouragement motherhood parenting the everyday woman

I’ve gone through a few jobs in my life: babysitter, tutor, piano teacher, engineer, to name a few. Some I loved, others not so much, but I worked hard at each one with varying levels of success. Motherhood, though, is a unique experience, because it is the one “job” where we...

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