
9/25/2023
In our day to day, especially when we feel the busyness of daily life, itโs easy to feel pressured. Pressures of to do lists, meals to prepare, sippy cups to fill, and spills to wipe.
We pour over our people until our own cups feel dry.
And in those moments of tired, we can revert to feelings of empty. And this is where it happens, weary digs deep and our feelings try to get the final say.
Yes, we love our people, but our mouths stop speaking life to them. Yes, we adore our wild blessings, but we start parenting from our feelings instead.
Love, if given the chance to sit at your table, would say thisโฆ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ. You get that right and many other things will unfold unforced into place.

11/29/2022
When our identity is rooted anywhere other than the cross, branches can get tangled in unhealthy ways. Unnourished roots cannot grow-

11/23/2022
Remember that old Aesop tale? The one with tortoise and hare, running for the finish line? How hare bounced high and low boasting its own merits, belittling a slow tortoise? Hereโs what the bunny forgot: the turtle was tenaciousโฆ

11/19/2022
If I had to narrow down ๐ค๐ข๐ฃ๐ข-๐ค๐ข๐ค๐ข to one singular word, itโd be this: ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต. And while the word itself will likely never be picked for a special word award, Itโs under appreciated, under thanked, under believed in its beautyโฆ

11/18/2022
Faith isnโt fairy dust.โฃ โฃIt doesnโt just need sprinkling when convenient and it wonโt guarantee easy days. In fact, the days that faith grows the quickest is on the hard days, the days you never would choose to experience, the days that gravity pulls the knees to the ground in skinned human surrendering.โฃ

11/16/2022
๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐:
๐ผ๐ข ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ช๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐พ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง? I was embarrassed when I finally realized ๐จ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐. I was hamster wheel hustling, running from my own miserable stuckness. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐น๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ-๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ.


11/12/2022
We can spin wheels to exhaustion trying to cover our humanity, our broken hearts and shattered dreams. We can self-medicate, self-loath ourselves into soul frozen paralysis all day long. Shame would have you running frantic even when no one chasing. ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฒ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐? ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช.

11/11/2022
If youโve prayed for spiritual rescue while you are in a desert, please donโt ignore the nourishing water God puts in front of you by walking past.

11/10/2022
Some moments are worth pausing for, to sit gobsmacked at its beauty. Itโs a good day for a great day!

11/8/2022
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ ๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ: ๐ป๐๐๐๐, ๐ฝ๐พ๐บ๐๐, ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ. Thereโs a huge margin of unknown in the between, the outcome between 0% and 100% that everything will work out beyond wildest hopes and dreams. Unknowns can muster fear quicker than lightning.
But, this. This down deep in my soul Iโve witnessed. God is greater than fears, Heโs already painted hope down into your dna and meets you where you are.
That margin between 50 and 100 percent?โฆ

11/7/2022
Albert Einstein was an interesting man. From the outside, he was peculiar curious, quirky scientific genius to the people of his time. He didnโt seem to get ruffled over conventional academic adornment. He kinda just did his own thing, despite the climate of his generation. One of his quirks that rattled colleagues was his love ofโฆ

11/5/2022
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐? ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐จ.
Days that felt long, even when they knew the years would feel short.
๐๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ? ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ผ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐. Donโt forget to savor joy along the way.


11/3/2022
We underestimate the need our children have to connect with us relationally. We trust words that reassure us children are resilient. And like other humans, children are resilient like us. It, just like us, their body remembers what they are connected to. Choose your child. Over and over, your child is a better choice than anything the internet will offer.


10/31/2022
It isnโt the mountain ahead to climb that wears you out; itโs the pebble in your shoe. -a proverb

10/29/2022
This late summer crepe myrtle branch blazed into autumn with orange on its mind. Add in snippets of purple from a neighboring tree. It brought autumn beauty to our living area. Nature indoors for the moments we cannot be outdoors.

10/28/2022
Parenting our children equal doesnโt mean parenting them identical-yes, this means that youโll have to make hard decisions. The โeasyโ child and the โchallengingโ child both deserve unrelenting love, but loving the challenging child unrelentingly will at times mean youโll have to parent the two children differently. Often, the challenging child WILL desperately need more of your time and attention.
It doesnโt mean you love the easy kiddo less, it means you love the challenging kiddo just as much-youโre not willing to leave any child behind.

10/27/2022
As someone who grew up in a era when nightly homework was rare, especially in the elementary and junior high years, I have so many thoughts and ponders about homework. As a mother who watched nightly homework(starting the FIRST night of kindergarten)arrive when our oldest was in a public school setting, I remember wondering why in the world was a child getting sent home with homework in elementary years.
Homework doesnโt bring relationship together, it doesnโt reinforce healthy lifestyle. It attempts to cover material that wasnโt covered thoroughly in class.