Blog Articles
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2 is Beautiful.
I have a 2-year-old. It’s the fifth 2-year-old that we have had in our house in the last 7 years. And yes, that math is correct. This particular 2-year-old is the most difficult…
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Humility.
What is humility? This word gets thrown around and I think it’s one of those things where we know it when we see it, but it can be sort of difficult to define. …
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Time intentionality
There are times for me where the days feel like they fly by in a blur. As I get in bed at night I wonder, what did I even do today? Don’t get…
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Destruction and Life
I woke up this morning to two juxtaposing sights. The first, as I walked to pour my coffee, was my spider plant that sits on my dining room table. It has two beautiful…
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School.
School starts tomorrow. It is officially the last day of summer. Shockingly, another summer has gone by. It happened so fast, it feels like it shouldn’t even be July yet. This year we…
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Reflections of a Life Well Lived.
Austin and I were away for a wedding this weekend. It was a beautiful wedding, two people ready to start building a life together. Weddings always trigger a hope and wonder within me,…
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Running and Freedom
Running feels like freedom for me. It always has. There is something about the mental and physical battle that your body goes through to do a run– from making yourself get out of…
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Nine Years
Today marks nine years that I have been a Mama. Today is my oldest son, Michael’s, ninth birthday. Each year when I put the kids to bed the night before their birthday I tell them…
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Sisters.
Growing up I always dreamed of having a sister. As an only child, I thought having a sister would be the best thing in the world. I knew that when I had children I wanted…
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Messy Hair, Messy Hearts.
My eldest daughter has this thing with her hair. Starting when she was very small, she screams and screams when you comb her hair. The doctor told us it was some sort of sensory thing…
