I don't know when it happened, all I know is that it did. Because weren't we just rocking in your chair, you nestled into my chest and I unsure and terrified and in love? I remember the day we got that chair- it was delivered by the store and your Daddy was at work but I was bound and determined ... Read More
When It’s Hard to Find Purpose in Motherhood, Do This. It’ll Help. Promise.
I was a really good teacher, once. I taught social studies- high school history, juniors mostly. I was even nominated Best New Teacher of the Year for my school district, I really truly was. It felt good, honestly, to be recognized for doing something that you love and doing it well. I ... Read More
we need to talk about affairs
I’m gonna get pretty real with y’all here. As if I don’t already. In the terrible moment when I was saying goodbye to Lane for the year, some of the final words I said to him were: I will be faithful to you. Melodramatic? Awkward? I don’t know. But I said it because I needed to. I ... Read More
pictures of a marriage that stayed
{Is divorce everywhere for you? Sometimes it feels like it is for me. Why is that? I feel like so often, we are presented with images of either the picture perfect magazine cover marriages or those that end in failure. It’s never as simple as that though. Just look at us.} // Lane calls me ... Read More
When Authenticity Feels Awkward
She was holding my baby, tears streaming down her face, and I hardly knew her. Our daughters had been playing together wild and free, strangers prior, discovering each other in the midst of dress-up fairy wings at our local children’s museum. She and I laugh at the ease with which friendships are ... Read More
How I changed from a tightly-wound, discontent mom to a soul encourager
The middle one of my three turned four-years-old on Monday. Ellie and I have been counting down for weeks; we built a paper chain, had the birthday list written out, invited friends over to help celebrate, did all of the things to anticipate a birthday such as this with all of the right ... Read More