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This past week absolutely flew by for me! A week after being in the hospital really throws everything in life for a loop, so I feel I was often playing catch up all week, but it also has taken me a bit for me to feel like myself again. Dan observed though that on Wednesday,…
Hello SUMMER! It came in with a heatwave here in Michigan…how about where you live? Dan and I had the blessing of painting the exterior of someone’s home this week (an unofficial side job), which made us quite busy, but was definitely worth it. We were glad we finished when we did before the humidity…
Have you ever felt like you are just trying to keep your head above water as a mom? Do you ever wonder if what you are doing really matters? Within my “mom circles,” I have heard the book Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full by Gloria Furman mentioned a few times. I had…
Boy, our life has been pretty boring since the beginning of the summer! Even though we have had so much fun this summer, we are thankful for this time of rest before the youth group year starts up again in full-force. So what have we been doing? NOT MUCH. Every Monday we have Open Rock,…
Now that Mazy is 4, I decided it was time to start a “daily routine” – simple things that I wanted her to accomplish in a day. When I started to make a list, I almost chuckled because I thought, “Okay, these should always be part of her routine!” But then the more I thought…
Beauty. Beauty through experiencing loss. Loss is incredibly hard to explain – whether it be something tangible or something that you had to let go of all too soon. It is only because of loss, that the experience of carrying a child, is all the more, a miraculous gift. If it wasn’t for our first…