We can do HARD things!
Yesterday’s post went viral and with that comes the good, the bad and the UGLY. There were the me too comments, the heartfelt comments, and the comments that asked “how I could ever feel okay about what happened?” and those are the comments I want to address. If there is one thing I have […]
Have you ever felt like this? I’m going to be quite honest when I say my hands have been full of a lot, and I mean A LOT of junk lately. So much that I’ve felt like I’ve been filling pockets, purses, you name it…with junk. Yesterday’s junk. Heck, maybe even last year’s junk! I’m […]
Over the course of our almost 5 year marriage, the thought of losing my husband devastated me. Even with him sitting beside me, thinking that I could possibly lose him brought me to tears. The mere thought of having to live life without him, having to raise our son without him, having to move […]
Guest Post by Natalie Barker What does it mean to be “Brave” ? The simple answer would mean that you have and show courage. My soul stirred at this topic. Early in my life I had thought brave was synonymous to heroes, to those who braved the burning buildings or the […]
How do you prepare yourself for a day like today? Tomorrow June 6th, will be my son’s first Birthday, only he will be celebrating in Heaven. This day last year was the last day of the so-called “normal” life that I would ever live. My last 24 hours of invincibility. Everything seemed so right in […]
I will NEVER forget the night that changed the way I look at my children, motherhood and more importantly life in general. I will never forget those few short minutes that felt like an eternity. “Please just take a breath.” “Come on little guy, please just take a breath.” “Oh please God do […]
I have someone very close to me going through one of the harder trials of her life at this very moment. She and her husband needed a little help in getting pregnant and after an expensive, painful, and humbling in vitro experience, they found out that they were happily expecting twins. About 8 weeks ago […]
The Miracle of Motherhood By Anna Golightly Jeffs “No matter how motherhood comes to you, it’s a miracle” Motherhood is MORE than bearing children, though it is certainly that. It is the essence of who we are as women. It defines our very identity, our divine stature and nature, and the unique […]
The making of this mama has been a very unexpected journey. I must admit, at the first sign of the pink line, I had piles and piles of books on pregnancy; you know the ones that tell you what to expect. Yep, I had those! We took Lamaze classes; you know to help with […]
“There is, I am convinced, no picture that conveys in all its dreadfulness, a vision of sorrow, despairing, remediless, supreme. If I could paint such a picture, the canvas would show only a woman looking down at her empty arms.” Charlotte Bronte I had a plan, as I’m sure most people do. I was going […]
