A Grace-Filled Journey of Motherhood & Marriage

Second-Hand Best

Have you ever received anyone's hand-me-downs?  I am my parents' youngest daughter and was very accustomed to wearing and playing with hand-me-downs as a child.  Three of my own daughters...

Second-Hand Best

Have you ever received anyone's hand-me-downs?  I am my parents' youngest daughter and was very accustomed to wearing and playing with hand-me-downs as a child.  Three of my own daughters...

The Overlooked Mama

Quiet. I am engulfed by a sea of quiet.  All that fills our home with noise are the running dishwasher, my husband's snoring, and our children's sound machines.  I can...

The Overlooked Mama

Quiet. I am engulfed by a sea of quiet.  All that fills our home with noise are the running dishwasher, my husband's snoring, and our children's sound machines.  I can...

An Unrealistic Reality

Do you have a TV?  We do.  If I can be honest, I think it remains turned on more than it should, but it's this mama's cheap babysitter for a...

An Unrealistic Reality

Do you have a TV?  We do.  If I can be honest, I think it remains turned on more than it should, but it's this mama's cheap babysitter for a...

A Little Place Called Home

Foundation, walls, and a roofーa lot of life can be lived in such confines.  That place offered security, familiarity, and comfort; no other feels quite like it.  The brick may...

A Little Place Called Home

Foundation, walls, and a roofーa lot of life can be lived in such confines.  That place offered security, familiarity, and comfort; no other feels quite like it.  The brick may...

Lonely in a Crowded Room

Postpartum. This is my fourth encounter of you, and I have succumbed to your oppressive and depressing grasp once more.  I loathe you, joy-stealer.  You take my sleep, you fog...

Lonely in a Crowded Room

Postpartum. This is my fourth encounter of you, and I have succumbed to your oppressive and depressing grasp once more.  I loathe you, joy-stealer.  You take my sleep, you fog...

Poor Daddy

If you've read any of my articles before, it's likely you know that I attract quite a fair amount of unwarranted commentary and criticism from brazen passersby.  You see a...

Poor Daddy

If you've read any of my articles before, it's likely you know that I attract quite a fair amount of unwarranted commentary and criticism from brazen passersby.  You see a...