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Hey there, mama. You've been staying home with your kids for a long, hard couple months. You're exhausted and are looking forward to nothing more than a girls' night out in the post-quarantine world. Chips and salsa, sangria, and clothes that aren't yoga pants—if they still fit—are in our future soon. Mental note: I need [...]
Lately I have had the sensation of a heavy weight on my chest. I've laid awake at night and wondered if my off-and-on coughing plus this pain wasn't allergies but the coronavirus, especially since I had pneumonia after the flu in January. But, a test came back negative. Along with my results came a sigh [...]
We're heading into Mother's Day season (although, it's going to be very different this year) and that has us thinking about how much we've sentimentalized motherhood. And it's not all that helpful. Caroline took a deep dive into the topic, which left me in tears after reading it. You can see her post, The Un-Sentimentality [...]
This new way of living is hard. My body aches by the end of the day, and I wake up in the morning exhausted. We were already a homeschool family, so that hasn't changed for us. But my five-year-old with autism has lost all her therapeutic services that we rely on. Actually, that's not technically [...]
It's such a weird Easter season this year. I'm trying to find a way to celebrate these holy days with reverence and importance right now, but honestly . . . my family just wants to watch Trolls 2 on TV together tonight. So the question becomes: do I fight it? Or do I give in? Because, I'm [...]
Hi, friends. What a month, right? We have never lived through a time like this, and it's kind of rocking our world. How about you? When the coronavirus quarantine first began (for us, 4 weeks ago when my youngest's special needs preschool program closed), we were meeting it with great enthusiasm. It was cold outside, [...]
Okay, mama. Grab your glass of wine or cup of hot tea or, who knows, oat milk, and take a second to have a deep breath. Let's chat. School is going to be closed. For a long time. But we'll get through this. I know you're going crazy. I am too. Every single thing my [...]
I had a revelation this month. Reading the Bible in a year can be so challenging because Leviticus and February hit at the same time. Reading these lists of laws can be monotonous, especially in the dark days of winter. But I was convicted this week by a verse in Nehemiah: "So Ezra the priest brought the [...]
Nine years ago, my husband and I jumped at the chance to buy a house we hated. It was ugly and stuck in the '70s. And not the good kind of 70s. It had bad shag carpet, damaged parquet floors, mustard-yellow formica, peeling siding and all. We did some upgrades, but no Chip-and-Joanna level renovation. [...]
Okay, deep breath. We made it through January. We missed a few days—weekends are the hardest, we've found—but we managed to catch back up. Here are some tips we've learned: Let your kids (and you, if necessary) read during the sermon at church to catch up on any missed days. Get them a Bible of [...]
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