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  • Exactly What We Needed

    Today was genuinely what all of us needed. It was so nice waking up next to my husband, knowing he would be home all day. We started the morning slow, enjoying breakfast in bed and talking for a while as… Continue reading

    Exactly What We Needed
  • Healing Culture

    I’ve noticed a pattern. Some of the people who talk the most about “healing” are also the quickest to gossip, shame, mock, and attack others online. They’ve learned the language, but not the lesson. Healing should make you more accountable,… Continue reading

    Healing Culture
  • Inching Our Way Through

    Today was better. Not perfect, but better. Last night when we went to bed, the kids’ hearts were especially heavy, and I found myself wondering how long it would take before we found our footing again. But I’ve noticed something… Continue reading

  • What’s a chapter of your life you’d title “The Hard Years” — and what got you through it? Losing my Mom and brother within 2 years. It gutted me. God ultimately got me through it by redeeming me and freeing… Continue reading

  • Goodnight 🥺

    What a long day. I’m beyond exhausted. Even on days like today, there is still so much to be grateful for. My kids’ hearts are broken tonight, and as a mother, I can’t even explain what that does to mine.… Continue reading

    Goodnight 🥺
  • 🌈🐾 Rest Easy Bowser

    We buried Bowser today. I’m still not sure how I feel, which feels strange to write down, but it’s true. There’s relief in me, real relief, because he was in so much pain last night, and I’m glad that’s over… Continue reading

    🌈🐾 Rest Easy Bowser
  • I have no idea where this week went, but it certainly went. I’ve been tending to our very sick little Yorkie, Bowser, who is in his last days. I mentioned that he suffered what we believe was a heat stroke… Continue reading

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  • What villain actually had a good point? He’s a murderer, a terrorist, and about as evil as fictional characters come. But if today’s prompt is asking which villain actually had a good point, I think the Joker deserves a mention… Continue reading

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  • The Space Between Here and Home 

    Well, it seems like I haven’t been on here in a really long time, but I guess that’s not really true. I know I made a post on the Fourth of July. Life has just been happening. We had a… Continue reading

    The Space Between Here and Home 
  • Is a little chaos actually good for us? Absolutely. I think we strengthen our emotional core so much when we go through things that are stressful or aren’t easy. Comfort has its place, but if life were always predictable, we’d… Continue reading