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Spending time as a family in the Word can be challenging. I love teaching our kids about the Bible. While I don’t do it perfectly all the time or enough, I long for my children to take hold of the depth and love God has for them. Often, I underestimate their ability to grasp big concepts found in the Word….
Continue readingI was doubled over in excruciating pain. My upper abdomen felt like it was on fire and the pain radiated down toward my pelvis. I was twenty-seven weeks pregnant with our fourth baby and knew it wasn’t time for our girl to make her entrance. We’d sought out the help of a wonderful midwife that loved us through our previous…
Continue readingAt some point, all of us will walk through grief and pain, as well as witness it in the life of another person. Be it physical or emotional, healing takes time and it’s rarely done on our own terms. It’s during those times that we either act as a healing salve in the life of another person or stifle the…
Continue readingDown a long dirt road, in the middle of nowhere, sat a single wide mobile home. The walls were paper-thin and the windows howled as the wind penetrated every nook and cranny. Heated by a wood stove, the warmth struggled to make its way throughout the house. Around the holidays, the balance of providing essentials such as heat, food,…
Continue readingMy teenage son and I stand in the seemingly endless line at the DMV. I loathe this place; the lines, the inefficient way it’s run (by no fault of the actual employees) and the long, long, long wait just drives me nuts. I hate feeling like I’m wasting time. When our number is finally called, I march over to my appointed…
Continue readingMy heart pounding, my mind racing, and my body trembling — I needed to get to my girl. I knew this might be the last… The last time I’d see her sweet face, touch her soft skin or hold her in my arms. “Oh Lord, I don’t know if I can do this!” Moments earlier, my ten-year-old son came running…
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