distraction and the discipline of presence
Distraction can be a welcome relief. But if you’re anything like me, maybe it’s become a problem.
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dear mom who is trying to do everything right
I remember reading the list in the What to Expect Book carefully and following every detail. Like I was making a lemon meringue pie. Or replacing the water pump in a car. I had never washed a newborn before! I needed detailed instructions.
Read Moredear mom who feels the darkness
May Your unfailing love be with us Lord, even as we put our hope in You. Psalm 33:22
Read Moredear mama who worries
I think every mama on this Monday morning will say a prayer. Whether she believes in God or not. Because someone has to watch them. Someone, please.
Read More17 things I say to my kids that I really should say to myself
If anyone anywhere very desperately needed to take her own advice, it would be me.
Read Morewhen you fall asleep writing a title and hit publish on accident
One day, my memory will be even worse. And I will be the lady with the cats and the books and the unruly garden, living on spinach dip and tortilla chips and feeding Dave TV dinners.
Read More6 shortcuts you learn when you’re always in a hurry
because you can only stay up way past your bedtime so many nights in a row before it all catches up with you.
Read Moreshoes for the season
It’s kind of amazing what the right footwear can do. They actually made me want it to rain . . .
Read Morea season of uncertainty and certainty
I wrote so many thoughts over the weekend and not one of them is ready for print. Not even on the internet. I did, however, have a breakthrough last night when I realized the post I had written was the very thing I needed for something else but was definitely not the right thing to […]
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