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    • Homecoming 2009
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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  • Start Here!
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    • Top Ten Posts of All Time
    • Legalism and Grace: How I Left the IFB Movement and Chose Grace
    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
    • Online Writing Portfolio
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    • Our Love Story
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    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
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    • Homecoming 2009
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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  • Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    Room to breathe, room to live

    / April 12, 2014 / 10 Comments

    Here it's different. There is ROOM and SPACE and I feel like I can breathe.

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  • Five Minute Fridays,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    this #whitespace is a mighty work because I’m moving a mountain

    / March 27, 2014 / 13 Comments

    this choosing of whitespace, it's a mighty work. I'm moving a mountain of stress, anxiety, fear, one shovel of scary crap and deep breath at a time.

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  • Five Minute Fridays,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    the crowded mind (when mental #whitespace can’t be found)

    / March 14, 2014 / 8 Comments

    It feels like every split second my thoughts are splintered. No one single task ever has my full and undivided attention.

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  • Ezra,  Family,  Messy Faith,  The Preschool Years,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    On #whitespace and sending my boy to preschool

    / February 18, 2014 / 9 Comments

    thoughts about #whitespace and sending my boy to preschool

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  • Ezra,  Motherhood,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    Second-guessing #whitespace

    / January 26, 2014 / 17 Comments

    You know what's hard? When Mommy needs whitespace but the boy just needs Mommy - and lots of Mommy. This morning, I choose the boy.

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  • Family,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    creating #whitespace for our family

    / January 16, 2014 / 14 Comments

    In this post, I'd like to share some of the ways I have already begun to create whitespace in our home and with our family.

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  • Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    Complex family dynamic: why we need #whitespace

    / January 14, 2014 / 9 Comments

    This is why our entire family needs whitespace. We need space and time for rest and healing. We need to slow down and catch up with everything life has thrown our way.

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    Whitespace: one word for 2014

    / December 22, 2013 / 13 Comments

    My hope and prayer for 2014 is that there be more margin in my schedule, more blank spots on my calendar, less clutter and mess in my home, more stillness in my spirit,…

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