It has been a long dark lonely road. And by long, I mean years. My children are reading through The Young Pilgrim’s Progress right now with their dad (because I can barely stay awake by their bedtime). So many of the trials and detours described in that book are familiar to me: the Valley of…

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(I love my new Family Monogram Necklace from The Rusted Chain – kids’ names visible on the actual piece. It’s important to me to name Elli as part of our family even though she is no longer with us.) Linked up at Sevin Clown Circus, 5 Minutes for Mom, A Beautiful Mess, Life Down Our…

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I am going to The Relevant Conference! Huge thanks to Sarah Mae, Jessica, and Dana for allowing me to earn my ticket by choosing me for the job of analyzing the social media coverage of the conference. I am so excited to meet face-to-face so many of the ladies I’ve chatted with online, and to…

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Let’s just say, for the sake of argument, that you read my post on making memorizing Scripture a priority and said to yourself, “Yes! I need to do that and I am going to do that!” The next step is to decide what exactly to memorize. If this is your first go at it ever,…

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I recently guest-posted on the blog “Like a Warm Cup of Coffee” on the topic of preparing children to go into the world by going into the world together as a family. (Click here to read Part 1: Is Your Family a Clique? and Part 2: Is Your Family an Outpost for Christ?) A few…

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The following draws from my and my fellow mom friends’ general experience over the course of our parenthood and does not describe or draw from any one specific person. It is not intended as a criticism of anyone who has watched or is currently watching my children, but merely for blog fodder…. as is typical…

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