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Quiet courage
Today I went back to the pool for the first time since our miscarriage. While I’m not a swimmer by any means, last summer I started going to a Monday morning water aerobics class at the Y. I was the youngest person there by a solid two decades, and it was great. I loved the…
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Raising boys
I remember so clearly the warm summer morning that I laid on the exam table, buzzing with excitement and anticipation as the ultrasound tech exclaimed, “It’s a boy!” A boy. My eyes stung with happy tears that day, and many that followed, as I contemplated what it would be like to raise a boy. A…
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Saying goodbye
I woke up the day after Christmas feeling as if a weight had settled over my heart. It was like my body remembered what my mind was trying to forget—that today was the day Cece was leaving us. If you know anything about foster care, then you know the status is almost always: “It’s complicated.”…
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Reckless
Today she was recklessShe drank fully caffeinated coffeeAnd let the toddlersNap past 3pm She turned on Peppa PigAnd ignored the laundryLanguishing in the dryerGetting more wrinkly by the minute She swung by the libraryBefore checking the hoursAnd checked out more booksThan she has time to read She sent an emailWithout deleting “Sent from my iPhone”And…
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2023 goals
I am lovinggg all the new year energy swirling around and am letting myself get totally swept up in it! I might abandon my goals by February, but at least I’ll have fun making them in December. Here goes! Writing -Submissions + workshop: I’m planning to submit at least four essays this year to various…
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December 2022
-Making a birthday cake for Jesus -Playing tee-ball in the front yard -“Chains shall he break / For the slave is our brother / And in His name / All oppression shall cease” (I love this version) -Rereading Harry Potter -The boys singing Away in a Manger (which Kyeler most definitely thinks is called Away…
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The family I have now
Josh recently suggested that we get some family photographs taken. He learned of a coworker who has a photography business on the side, and thought it would be a nice way to capture our family in this season of life. I found every reason to say no. Winter isn’t always an ideal backdrop, not to…
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Simple faith
“MOM!” CJ yells from the backseat of our Highlander. “Yeah, honey?” I respond. I’m bracing myself for yet another demand, the most recent of which was, “Hold my trash!” But what he says instead catches me off guard: “Mom, Jesus loves you!” I look up and see his sweet two-year-old face in the mirror, beaming.…
A Continual Feast
"…for the happy heart, life is a continual feast." -Proverbs 15:15
A Continual Feast 