Because Sometimes We Need Some High Fives in Motherhood…

Yesterday was my 7th Mother’s Day, but I’m far away from figuring out this motherhood gig.  How did our moms make it look so easy?  It’s a game of trial and error, making something out of a mess, and asking for forgiveness in the process. It’s a dance of receiving grace and extending grace. (And …

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Rookie Runners

We have four more runners in our house.  After and during Brad’s mini-marathon training, they’ve been running their hearts out: 3 runs around the block on Sunday, laps around the outside of the house, sprints from one end of the house to another.  {If you can’t tell, they look up to their daddy intensely!} We …

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Motherhood Wanderings…

The approaching Mother’s Day holiday leaves me not only emotional about the awesome privilege of becoming a mother to these four boys, but an overwhelming gratitude for my own mother’s love. Source: notonthehighstreet.com via Anna Cristina on Pinterest     Our journey to motherhood was a bumpy one, and my heart aches for those who …

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A Sweet Mother’s Day

Hope you had a wonderfully sweet Mother’s Day weekend!  Mine was as sweet as this Chocolate Cupcake with Raspberry Butter Cream frosting that I had on my date over the weekend.  A great weekend with those I love. There are several things to catch up on after a bit of a whirlwind couple of days, …

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Thank You, Mom

Mother’s Day is a day we all spend time thanking our moms the way we should be thanking her EVERYDAY.  She fills so many roles, sacrifices much, and shares our highs and lows along side us throughout life.  Really, the longer I’m a mother the more I appreciate my own mother. I’m truly blessed to …

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Mother’s Day Agenda

Feeling blessed beyond what I could have asked or imagined. Giving thanks for my own mother’s example, love, humility, strength, and sacrifice. Being grateful for a mother-in-law who embraces our family, gives from her heart, and who raised a son who loves us unconditionally. Celebrating other godly examples of mothers in my life who I admire …

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For The Unspoken Mother’s Day…

How easy it is to overlook the details of a beautiful flowering tree.  I passed my own ornamental pear dozens of times, before stopping to take this photograph. We may admire the entire tree budding and blooming, but there’s so much more if you look closely. Within each branch are hundreds of blooms each so …

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The Journey of Motherhood

As Mother’s Day quickly approaches, my thoughts have been filled with my journey to motherhood.  There were years that I didn’t know if I would have the privilege of being called “Mama” and so many days that I questioned why God would give me such a deep desire to be something that I could not …

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