When life gets overwhelming, do you ever feel like you might suffocate under everything you need to do? Does worry ever weave it’s way into your heart and consume your thoughts with concern? If I’m not careful, worry can wear me out and make me want to quit… just about everything! A few years ago, I took my husband’s advice to write down everything on […]
A Christmas Prayer
Merry Christmas Eve friend! I don’t know how your plans are going but I wanted to encourage you with something I wrote for Proverbs 31 Ministries today and share a Christmas prayer I post each year, in hopes that it will calm and connect your heart with Jesus, the way it does for me each […]
A Perfectly Imperfect Christmas
“Maybe this will be the year everything goes as planned, and we’ll have the perfect Christmas.” I thought. Perfect is what I’d always wanted for Christmas, but in all my years of living I have never been able to pull it off. Perfect looks like peace on earth and in my home for twenty-four hours. […]
How to Become A Confident Mom: Turning Self-Defeat Into Self-Awareness
I remember the day I hit rock bottom as a mom. Tired of struggling with comparison, self-defeat, and my cruel inner critic, I desperately wanted and needed things to change. But I didn’t know what changes were needed until I got brave enough to ask Jesus to show me. I started asking Him to help […]
The Personality Potato Bar
Let’s create a home where our children can grow in the soil of acceptance and approval. A home where our kids know they’re loved for who they are and liked for how they are. A home where, whether young or old, our children don’t feel pressured to be the product of their our desires or efforts. A home where everyone’s needs and preferences are honored, and where each person…