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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
    • Online Writing Portfolio
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    • Homecoming 2009
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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    This is how we survived the summer

    / September 1, 2016 / 1 Comment

    At the beginning of the summer, I wrote a blog post about Summer Survival. In that post, I talked about the pull of the romanticized notion of letting kids be bored during the…

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Birthdays,  Ezra,  Family,  Messy Faith,  Miscellaneous,  Recovering Perfectionist,  The Preschool Years

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 10.02.13 {AKA what life has been like for the last two months}

    / October 2, 2013 / 6 Comments

    Finding God's beauty in spite of our messy, everyday life. A lengthly post of pictures and updates from August and September 2013.

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  • Ezra,  Finding "Home" in 2013,  Miscellaneous,  The Preschool Years

    One month home

    / May 15, 2013 / 4 Comments

    As of today, we have lived in our new home for exactly one month, and have been here in our new hometown just a few days beyond that. In so many ways our…

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  • Family,  Finding "Home" in 2013,  Miscellaneous

    The days in between

    / May 12, 2013 / 0 Comments

    We arrived in North Carolina six days before our household goods did. It was a long six days. It was nice because we weren’t having to spend money for a hotel – we…

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  • Family,  Motherhood,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Introverted mom problems: when mommy breaks just aren’t enough

    / November 17, 2012 / 29 Comments

    I’m totally giving myself grace and taking advantage of my dear husband by taking the time to write this post. Because I feel like this introverted mom needs it. I’m currently sitting at…

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