Got the sweetest gift in the mail this week from my oldest daughter. She ordered from Etsy for me for Christmas and realized after she placed the order that it was coming from Israel and would not make it here in time. Bummer! But of course God knew that! My word for 2017, as I mentioned in my last ...

An honest confession - I love and even like my children but I don't enjoy my children.

That's hard to admit, makes me feel terrible as a mother. I am a good mother - I care for them, cook for them, meet most of their emotional needs, champion them, teach them, chauffeur them all over town, want the ...

I got these cups for my birthday from one of my besties! They make my heart smile. She gets me! God made us quite alike in so many ways and I cannot ever thank Him enough for that. She grounds me! She helps me to feel ok on those days I don't. She reminds me of who I am and how God made me. She la...

I just finished a book by Shauna Niequist called Present Over Perfect, such a good book. I felt like she was writing my story at so many moments. It was really crazy how many of her stories line up with mine at this period of my life – the details whisper of God’s divine movement as His plan unfold...

I had lunch with a friend recently and we discussed a difficult situation in her life that keeps drawing her to her knees. She was frustrated and exhausted over it. One thing I heard as she shared was how this particular person in her life was so different than the others and it made life hard. Sa...