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“Behold Him…” – A Christmas Prayer for the (Still) Weary
I don't know what you are facing this Christmas. Maybe, like me, your days are filled with wearily managing a child with special needs or a spouse with mental illness and you feel…
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It Gets Better {A Special Needs Kid Grows Up}
The biggest reason I felt the need to reshare this post was to share just how far our kid has come...we have come. I felt the need to tell other mamas of kids…
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Yes, you CAN reduce your kids’ screen time: HERE’S HOW
I had a stunning realization a few days ago: my boys have watched almost no TV this month. If you had told me five years ago that this would be the case, I…
- Beauty in the Mess, Family, Homeschooling, Marriage, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Special Needs Parenting
Inadequate
I am inadequate. Every. Single. Day. Every day I ask God why He chose me because surely someone else could do a better job. We share these things...boast in these things...so that you might…
- Ezra, Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Lifestyle, Marriage, Military and Veteran Life, Miscellaneous, Motherhood, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Special Needs Parenting
2022 In Review
2022 was a good year for me and for my family. It was productive and meaningful, and I would like to briefly give a family update and share some of our accomplishments.
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Strength for Today
He's manic. Ugh. As we navigate this mood disorder, I'm learning the difference between ADHD hyperactivity and DMDD mania. I worry about his future. Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow I…
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“Just you wait…” {Dear Moms of Babies & Toddlers}
Enjoy the now. It's beautiful and wonderful, but I know it's hard and exhausting and draining. The future is also hard and exhausting and draining and beautiful and wonderful. I'm convinced that motherhood doesn't…
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10 baby items I’m still using 10 years later
As of tomorrow, I'll officially have a 10-year-old on my hands. Instead of giving you an emotional tribute to 10 years of motherhood, I thought I'd do something fun, as well as practical.…
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Spiritual warfare and special needs: “Remember who you battle.”
My counselor looked at me with a tilt of her sassy head and a half-smile and and said, "But girl, remember who you battle! You were riding high and Satan couldn't have that.…
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All the extra things that mothers do: the true weight of motherhood
The problem is that I was unprepared for all the extra things mothers do that I never really noticed. The longer I am a mother, the more that I grow in appreciation for…
