Do you ever have those moments when you are just a bit stunned and tongue-tied? I used to think I was pretty quick-thinking, and always ready with a thoughtful response. Something about bouncing/patting a crying baby, keeping one eye on a toddler who has learned how to run and simultaneously wondering how I can send my husband…
Kaya is almost 20 months old now, and in those 20 months I have made a lot of changes to become a full-time wife and mother who spends most of my time at home, taking care of my family. In that short time, I’ve heard a lot of things like: “What do you do all…
There are days that I miss the butterflies and passion and newness of the beginnings of love. Some of that has to be fought for now – it doesn’t always flow so easily with bills to pay and diapers to change. There is richness here, though. And I think it is better than in the…
A few lessons from my first year and a half as the keeper of our home: 1) Using paper plates is not a sin. And actually, Hobby Lobby has some really pretty and sturdy ones and every few weeks they are 50% off. A lot of the day is already spent preparing food and eating…
Don’t get me wrong… …I adore being a mommy. My baby girl and I?… …we’re in love. She is wonderful and beautiful – one of the greatest blessings in my life. I love her triumphant smiles when I come to pick her up from a nap. She’s been unusually cuddly lately. It is so sweet…
When I was in highschool and also as a freshman in college I wrote on my mirror. Things like… “I am merely dust. Christ died for me.” “Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.” These words on stickers or scribbled in magic marker were…
My project is complete! And now I’m getting ready to make another one, because I love how it turned out and I have more jewelry than will fit on just one….(obsession? yes.) Sorry I didn’t take any step by step photos, but here’s how you can do it too: {what you’ll need} a frame (i…
What we’re up to this week: 1 – LOTS of school preparations! Ordering books, getting finances and paperwork squared away, organizing schedules, freaking out, getting child care help, etc. I am starting an external study next week. OH MY WORD. 2 – A little bit of fun for the baby girl! We got a library…
So a few weeks after {mostly} sweet baby K was born, I started keeping a journal for her. One day it will be a gift for her from me {when I write in it I often feel like I’m dying and writing her my last words of love and instruction…lol my mind just goes to…
Being a mom has been a totally mind blowing thing for me. I mean, a) I’m 21 and have stretch marks (!) – sick! (and i DON’T mean that in the ‘rad’ sense that my larger-than-lifely-awesome cousins would mean ‘sick!’, and b) our 1-year anniversary is coming up next week and we’ll have a 3-month…
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