Tag: Family

• A year of parenthood. A year of grace. Lots and lots of grace.

  A year ago today, Brooks was twenty-eight days old.  I was twenty-eight days into motherhood.  Twenty-eight days into the biggest change of my life.  Twenty-eight days into a life of unpredictability, heart-wrenching emotion and exuberant joy.   Twenty-eight days.  Brooks was so little.  Everything was so new.  I was so lost. Postpartum depression, sleep deprivation…

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  November 13, 2016

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  Anxiety, Babies, Bible, christian, Christianity, Church, culture, depression, encouragement, failure, faith, Family, Gift, God, growing up, Guilt, Happiness, Hope, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Joy, life, Love, Marriage, motherhood, parenthood, religion, Soul, Spiritual, spirituality, truth, value, women, worry

• Whether you win or lose, you wine.

  Almost an hour had passed and I managed three bites of food out of my son.  I tried everything. Toys.  Distractions.  Puffs.  Oh the puffs!  Nothing was getting him to eat what I had prepared for him. He was fussy. I was fussy. The day needed to end. It was 7:30 in the morning. My…

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  August 4, 2016

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  Adulthood, anxieties, Anxiety, Babies, Church, contentment, culture, Doubt, encouragement, Family, Fear, Fiath, God, Guilt, Hope, life, Losing, Love, Moms, motherhood, parenthood, Religion and Spirituality, self help, Wine, Winning, women