Bedtime
I’ve been experiencing a bit of a bedtime conundrum when it comes to Mr. Jonah. He’s almost three-and-a-half, and stopped taking naps around the age of two. So I’d gotten used to him being exhausted...
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Living in Grace
I’m thankful for moments when God reveals the depth of His precious grace; when you realize how much you’ve been living under it and you didn’t even know. I had such a moment yesterday at the...
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Sometimes I can be a little slow to learn. I haven’t been doing so well lately. My lupus has been flaring a bit. Stress can trigger it, and I’ve been cowering under a heaping ton ‘0’ that lately. I...
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Happy Mothers Day
In honor of this special day dedicated to motherhood, I want to share a few favorite pics and links to a few Mother’s Day columns I’ve written through the years. Investing in Motherhood I wouldn’t be...
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In Father’s Hands
This is one of my all-time favorite pictures of my husband. Zach was just a couple of days old, and as you can see, a tiny little peanut. He’d been born almost a month early, and weighed just a smidge...
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August Joy Dare
Sometimes, when it comes to these here Interwebs, I can be a bit behind the curve. I just found out today about Ann Voskamp’s Joy Dare. Which was first circulating the web in, oh, 2012! Which, in...
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Gifts Timed and Seated
In case you missed my last post, I’m participating in Ann Voskamp’s Joy Dare for August. Yesterday’s and today’s answers are…. August 3rd: A gift at 10AM, 1PM, 10PM 10AM: Jonah and Violet snuggling...
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TBT: March 2003
I found these photos in a box tonight. They were taken almost exactly 12 years ago, at Fort Stewart, Ga. Donnie’s Army National Guard unit had been activated for deployment. For eleven weeks, we spent...
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And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
My son Jonah is what people tend to call “a handful”. Recently diagnosed on the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum, he is a busy, brilliant, frustrating, loudly energetic bundle of boy. He...
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All Good Gifts
While looking for a picture this morning, this photo stopped me in my tracks. That’s my baby Jonah, with my beloved grandmother, Honey, a few weeks before she died. They used to have the most fantastic...
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What I Didn’t Know About Uganda
You’re not supposed to live in American abundance and miss a third-world country, are you? But oh, Uganda–how I miss you. If you followed our 2014 journey there to adopt our daughter, Violet, you’re...
View ArticleWaiting on the World to Change
So today, I’m sitting at the top of the exit ramp, waiting to turn left and go home, and this song comes on the radio. It’s a really long traffic light sometimes and it starts to sprinkle rain. It...
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Saying Yes to November
Ah, November, my favorite month! You returned. Want to hear why I’m happy you’re back? You provide a peaceful pause between hectic Halloween and crazy Christmas. Your theme centers around thankfulness...
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Happy Mothers Day
In honor of this special day dedicated to motherhood, I want to share a few favorite pics and links to a few Mother’s Day columns I’ve written through the years. Investing in Motherhood I wouldn’t be...
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In Father’s Hands
This is one of my all-time favorite pictures of my husband. Zach was just a couple of days old, and as you can see, a tiny little peanut. He’d been born almost a month early, and weighed just a smidge...
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August Joy Dare
Sometimes, when it comes to these here Interwebs, I can be a bit behind the curve. I just found out today about Ann Voskamp’s Joy Dare. Which was first circulating the web in, oh, 2012! Which, in...
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Gifts Timed and Seated
In case you missed my last post, I’m participating in Ann Voskamp’s Joy Dare for August. Yesterday’s and today’s answers are…. August 3rd: A gift at 10AM, 1PM, 10PM 10AM: Jonah and Violet snuggling...
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TBT: March 2003
I found these photos in a box tonight. They were taken almost exactly 12 years ago, at Fort Stewart, Ga. Donnie’s Army National Guard unit had been activated for deployment. For eleven weeks, we spent...
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Never Give Up
On April 11, when The Real Housewives of Dallas premieres on BravoTV, I’m going to have the thrill of witnessing a friend’s dream come true. I first met Tiffany Hendra almost ten years ago, when she...
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Why Jesus Wept
I just read the neatest thing, an insight I’d never considered before, concerning the shortest verse in the bible: “Jesus wept”. Could it be that He wept because he knew so well what he was asking...
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