The holiday season is a time for such joy and love as we prepare to celebrate the greatest example we have for Holy. Then why is holiday stress a thing? Why do we seem snippy and inpatient in the moments that should be joyful? There are so many answers to those however a few that… Continue reading Heart Check Holidays Part 1
Category: marriage
Seventy-Seven Times Over
"Can you please forgive me?" I tell my husband after a morning of waking up on the wrong side of the bed and not being the kindest person to him. It's a phrase I've said many a times to him. It's also a phrase he has said many a times to me. It's always followed… Continue reading Seventy-Seven Times Over
“You Parent Your kids so Differently”
“You parent your kids so differently.” A statement I hear often. Mainly from friends and family who have watched us walk through the clumsy first years of parenting our oldest girl. Bless them for sticking with us. Those were some clumsy years. Ha! They aren’t wrong though. We parent each girl vastly different. We know… Continue reading “You Parent Your kids so Differently”
Spirit of Fear
"For God gave us a spirit not of fear but power and love and self-control." 2 Timothy 1:7 In order to write on fear I need to draw from the very real situation that occurred earlier today. I had taken my daughter to horseback riding lessons and was sitting there watching her lesson. About five… Continue reading Spirit of Fear
Love God More
Let me paint you a picture, a picture that happens in our household sometimes and one, that I am betting, happens in yours at times as well. Last night I was talking with my husband when I decided to share a few fears and anxiety I was having. I will say that my intention wasn't… Continue reading Love God More
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