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Coffee in hand, Bible open — this is how I begin every day, and how I show up here too. I write from the heart about faith, family, healing, identity, and the quiet beauty of becoming whole.

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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 28, 2026

    Look What He Leaned When I Wan’t Looking. (opens the original)

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    Right now my Facebook feed is full of homeschool moms starting another school year, the same kinds of posts over and over again. Am I doing enough?What curriculum should I use? (look for my connection for you at the bottom)What if my child falls behind?What if i’m doing this wrong?Honestly, I understand every single one of those questions because I have asked them myself until I stopped stressing and started believing. I think we make educating our children much harder than it needs to be becaus

  2. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    Apparently, I Am Raising the Main Character (opens the original)

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    We are a birthday family. A BIG birthday family. Birthdays matter in our house. We celebrate everyone with the same enthusiasm, We make a fuss, we buy presents, we plan things, we usually involve food, because obviously… 😂There is actually a reason for all of this and that is simple, three out of four of my husband’s and my parents died before they could retire. That’s right. while they were still grinding 40+ hours a week, dreaming about retirement and that infamous… “one day.” My father and bo

  3. Issue · Sep 21, 2026

    I Don’t Know What It Is About This House. (opens the original)

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    I woke up this morning and told my husband, “I don’t know what it is about this house.”He looked at me, knowing that this how I start all my conversations, either at the end of my thoughts or in the middle, but never at the beginning. So he waited.I said, “In our last house, I would wake up early, read my bible, drink my coffee and start freaking out if I wasn’t done by 6:00am.” Then I’d look at the clock again 6:12amAnd I’d think about everything I needed to do before I started work at 7:00amSh

  4. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    I Think I Finally Found My Doctor ❤️ (opens the original)

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    After twelve years of living here, I have never seen the same gynecologist twice. Ever.I’ve had plenty of gynecologists. I’ve had Pap smears, ultrasounds, exams, conversations about my womanly parts that I would rather not have with a stranger, and a whole lot of starting over.But I never had my doctor.The problem was always the same.Follow-up.Or rather, the complete lack of it.No phone call.No reminder.No “How are you doing?”No “We’ll see you next year.”So I just kept starting over.Last year, I

  5. Issue · Sep 14, 2026

    Not Seeing the Big Picture (opens the original)

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    There are seasons when I feel like I am waiting for something to happen. You know those seasons don’t you? You pray about something, Think about something, wonder when something will finally change, and then you start watching for it. Perhaps it’s a new opportunity, a healing, a door opening, or perhaps it’s simply getting through whatever season you’re currently in. God has a funny way of reminding me that he doesn’t need me standing at the window watching for the next thing. Sometimes he’s alr

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