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Miscarriage hurts – grieving my early miscarriage even years later
It's still strange to say "Yes, he's our only one," when I know that's not entirely true. But most people don't want to hear about the miscarriage I had five years ago.
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20 posts to encourage young new moms {from 3 years of first-time mothering}
What I do here at Beautiful in His Time is remind moms that life is messy, they aren't alone in the mess, and God can make that mess beautiful - even when it's…
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Realizing you can’t do it all (on reprioritizing, restrategizing, and taking scissors to my schedule)
I've been trying to do way too much. So I took scissors to my schedule and started cutting.
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in case you think you are the only mom whose 3-year-old is NOT in preschool
I was starting to wonder if I missed the "Yes, all three-year-olds go to preschool" memo. But it's where God has us, and it's okay.
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Knowing that the mundane matters
Sometimes, just by showing up, the mundane moments come to mean more than the "intentional moments." Sometimes, the mundane just-showing-up moments are the moments that matter the most.
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Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 08.18.13
...somehow, I see beauty woven through the days and start feeling better
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Letting him be lonely
I hope that someday, he will forgive me for all the times I said, "No, not now, Mommy is working..." and "Ezra, go play" and "Leave Mommy alone"
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one place you can go for TOTALLY FREE child entertainment
Our family calls it “the special store.” We have gone there for potty-training reward outings, special daddy-son dates, and on days like today: when the park is too hot, Barnes and Noble is…
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What motherhood taught me about legalistic Christianity
Being the perfect mom became my new legalism.