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  • To the Parent-Who-Just-Can’t-Today
    To the Parent-Who-Just-Can’t-Today, To the new mommy who is trying to figure out breast-feeding, is still rockin’ those awesome post-partum mesh undies, and cries at all the things, I see you. To the weary parent of littles who can’t use … Continue reading → […]
  • The Why (The Day I Attempted Suicide, Part 2)
    “…you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” John 8:32 IF I were dying, THEN they would realize how much they love me–this was a fantasy I would play out in my mind often as I tried … Continue reading → […]
  • The Day I Attempted Suicide
    21, married only 4 months to the man of my dreams, and desperate to make the pain end.  Death. My death was the only possible solution. The darkness was so profound it felt like a weight on my chest.  How … Continue reading → […]
  • Jiggly Bits, Inflated Udders, and a Bathing Suit
    There are some choices that you realize were not your brightest only when reflecting back. This was one of mine. Post-partum was such a wardrobe challenged time, at least for me, as my belly was stuck somewhere between marshmallow and … Continue reading → […]
  • A Lesson From My 9 Year Old
    I had been running all day and had just realized that I had zero plans for dinner.  Once again all my good intentions of planning everything out had dissolved along with my give-a-crap button.  Cereal? Nah, it just didn’t sound … Continue reading → […]
  • Love Wins
    I don’t remember the first person who told me about God.  I was invited to many churches and heard many things during the first 12 years of my life.  I didn’t doubt there was a God because I knew there … Continue reading → […]
  • Daring God and Moving Mountains
    “When pain is to be born, a little courage helps more than much knowledge, a little human sympathy more than much courage, and the least tincture of the love of God more than all.” -C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain … Continue reading → […]
  • The Picture
    Maybe it was the infertility struggles, maybe it was naiveté, or maybe it was just a really good sugar high from too much cake, but there was a time when I held the lofty certainty that I could be the … Continue reading → […]
  • The Fire
    The oxygen mask strapped to my face felt like a muzzle holding in my desperate cry. I grabbed for it to yank it off.  A stout hand firmly put it back in place and commanded me to breathe. Breathe deeply! … Continue reading → […]
  • Surrender or Fight?
    Will I fight for me? As I stared at my reflection last night (after everyone else was fast asleep), I saw a weary, worn-out, battle-scarred woman looking back at me.  The seasons she has pressed through glimmer in her eyes … Continue reading → […]

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  • To the Parent-Who-Just-Can’t-Today
  • The Why (The Day I Attempted Suicide, Part 2)
  • The Day I Attempted Suicide
  • Jiggly Bits, Inflated Udders, and a Bathing Suit
  • A Lesson From My 9 Year Old

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