The Case for a Playroom
A couple of weeks ago, I had an epiphany about why I couldn’t turn our extra room into a guest room. I kept the door shut, blocking out the boxes and the ...
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Not a Guest
We moved into our home in October. It was much-awaited, much-anticipated, and sort of rushed. You see, we moved on a Tuesday and traveled for five days beginnin...
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A Little Light Housekeeping
+ Oh, remember the time we went to see Santa? In December? Yeah, about that. Look how cute he is. Craziest part of that trip was realizing that he’ll be i...
Reflect: Settle
Since I started sharing goals, aspirations, words for the year, I have also pretty much always come back with a recap at the end of each year. This year, my wor...
Thankful
I am so incredibly thankful for so many things, but here are just a few: Jesus: I am forever grateful for the love of Jesus and my relationship with Him, which ...
Me 2.0
In the less than two weeks we have been living in our new home, I am already starting to see pieces of my old self re-emerge. I am more attentive to detail. I a...
What It’s All About
Y’all, I come to this space to write often, but I rarely get anything out. It’s like God’s not finished with the thoughts in my head yet, so I...
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Tuesday Ten: Lots of New Edition
1. We’ll start with the big new: the boy was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes last Tuesday. I’ll share the story soon, but for now, we are settling in...
Forsaking All Responsibilities
You know how sometimes it just seems best to forsake all responsibility, drop everything, and just be? That was the case Saturday. We had quite a lot on tap at ...