Being totally honest over here- I'm pretty jealous of all of the spring breakers hanging out on the beach right about now.  I think we're all guilty of this.  We see someone else's life and we instantly start comparing.  But when we compare our lives to someone else's, it can never lead to anything good.… Continue reading Let’s Compare.

I have written much about what the Lord taught me during Mom's journey with cancer and the lessons that He taught me when she passed away.  It's been about 6 years since Mom was officially diagnosed with brain cancer and about 4.5 years since she passed away, and the Lord is still using that trial… Continue reading Enough

Do you ever pray things such as this?: "Lord, show me how to be a better wife." "Lord, show me how to be a better mom." "Lord, show me how to be a better ________."  (You get it... you feel in the blank with wherever you are in life.) I have prayed a prayer like… Continue reading Abide.

It was Monday morning, and I sat on my couch with coffee in hand.  I sat staring at the toys thrown everywhere, and the busyness of the week ahead overwhelmed me.  I hadn’t even caught up from the week before, or the week before that.  I began to wish that I could crawl in my… Continue reading Jesus- A Morning Essential

Hey, Mama friends!  Can I just be super honest with you today?  Like real life.  Let's start here... with our Instagram lives: Our Instagram lives are adorable.  Our kids are smiling or doing something incredibly cute.  Sometimes we're in the picture with them, on the rare chance that we brushed our hair that day.  And… Continue reading Instagram Life vs. Real Life- You’re Not Alone.

I've had this one stirring in my heart for some time now, because I love the local church, I am so thankful that my parents raised me in the local church, and I really do believe that it's vitally important that all Christians raise their children in the local church as well.  However, I haven't… Continue reading Your Kids and the Local Church

The "Terrible Twos" hit in full force literally the day that Hunter turned 2.  He had been working on them since he was about 18 months, but the day he turned 2, he pitched one of his worst fits to date.  Twos have a bad reputation, and I get it.  They're not called the "terrible… Continue reading Terrific Twos

The Lord has been shedding new light on a verse that I've known for quite some time (His Word is living and active!).  "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.  I came that they may have life and have it abundantly."  John 10:10 (ESV).  He used this verse when my mom was sick… Continue reading Zax Sauce, Marinara, and Pizza.

I love a snow day. When I was a teacher, checking the weather forecast became one of my favorite hobbies during the winter months. I would pray for snow and then anxiously wait to hear if we would indeed get a snow day. When I decided to stay at home with my boys, I wondered… Continue reading Be STILL and KNOW. 

Happy New Year!  I'm not one that's big on resolutions or having a "word of the year".  It's not for any particular reason necessarily.  It's just something that I have never really felt led to do.  I was driving to Wal-Mart last night, with a million thoughts swirling through my head, and I began to grow… Continue reading Contentment in 2017