Today I’m sharing the very beginning of my parenting journey on my friend Megan’s blog. I reviewed her fantastic book, “Spirit-led Parenting: From Fear to Faith in Baby’s First Year” awhile back. I ran out of space to share my own story in that review. Megan graciously allowed me to share it in her place…

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Mother’s Day hurts for so many. Children, grown and growing, agonize over mothers who left or abused or stood by while others abused them. Women long to be a mother with a hunger that will not be satisfied. Others miss mothers who left this life too soon. Some are mothers in all but name, overlooked…

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For a year now, I’ve committed to write Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday here on the blog. It has been excellent writing discipline and the consistency is something I hear that blog readers like. (Do you like consistency?) I’ve felt this pull in my spirit for the last few weeks to step away from this schedule, at…

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It’s time for the Saturday Evening Blog Post, hosted by my dear friend Elizabeth Esther. The first Saturday of each month we look back on the previous month and highlight our favorite post. When I looked back, I saw so much emotional raw writing. It has been a tough month here. I have loved each of…

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“Real or not real?” The lead characters in The Hunger Games resort to asking each other this as they try to sort out what really happened and what was poison-induced hallucination. “Real or not real?” I ask myself as I sit in the intensive care waiting room while our youngest undergoes a procedure. We spent…

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Songs express my heart so well when it’s a swirl of competing emotions. I love this song right now, because it speaks of so much more than a broken heart. It isn’t merely the words of an angry jilted lover. It mourns the tragedy and betrayal of the deliberate misuse of one’s power over another…

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