I have had a long journey in learning to speak life, rather than criticize, condemn, and manipulate others with my words. I did not grow up with an understanding of boundaries, nor a respect for the perspectives and limits of myself or others. But, the Lord is faithful to redeem. And, redeem He surely does! “The tongue has the power…
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When I was 15 years old I weighed over 220 lbs. In the wake of my father’s death I was left swimming in an ocean of emotions and went inside of myself like a turtle hiding in its shell. I built elaborate forts all around my house for years, where I would hide out like a hermit to process the…
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It’s hard to remember my life before kids. I mean, I met my husband when I was 19, and we got married 8 months later. Then a year after that became pregnant with our first child, which has basically continued on for the next 13 years. Now, here we are 14 years into marriage, 7 kids in our world, and…
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I used to take life too seriously. Our culture happily insists on blasting out every idea, suggestion, or advice as though if you do not do this thing, you are DOOMED. Like, if I don’t read to my child 25.8 minutes every single day, they will not love reading when they grow up. Or if I don’t provide the correct…
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I remember the day it happened. The day I realized that this little girl of mine, this spit-fire, was a whole other thing entirely, and that I had no idea what I was doing. She had just recently turned three, and I had a three month old baby plus a toddler. It was a packed life. We were standing outside…
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Before I had kids I did not understand the personality of the strong-willed child. I didn’t really understand very much about children in general, but definitely nothing about the various ways that children can interact with their world. But, it did not take long to begin my education once I became a mom. I gave birth to our first daughter…
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