Last week my husband and I celebrated our 20 year anniversary. This is no small feat in my family, so I’m quite thrilled to reach this milestone. Let me share with you some of the biggest lessons I’ve learned in the past two decades. Before we married all those years ago, I had a child. […]
Dear Moms, Stop Hiding Behind the Camera
Do you hide behind the camera, always playing photographer? I’m here to encourage you today to get on the other side and jump in those beautiful pictures of your family. I get it. I really do. For so many years, I hid from any camera pointed my way. My poor hubby has been at the […]
3 Tips to Get Your Marriage Out of a Rut
Marriage is hard. I adore my husband. I really do, but we’ve been in a marriage rut for quite some time now. February is the love month. It’s characterized by red hearts, flowers, cards, and gifts with big bows draped across the boxes. Not for us. We call Valentine’s Day a Hallmark holiday and try […]
How to Use Time Wisely
Two days ago, I watched my daughter pass through airport security headed for a college too far away. With tears streaming down my cheeks, I realized the greatest gift I could have given her these quick moving past few months was my time. In that moment, even with the pain of already missing her, I […]
Share Your Testimony Through Blogging
Do you have a story to tell? I truly believe we all do. Our lives are sprinkled with pain, joy, failures, successes… These experiences are meant to be shared whether in the midst of them or relaying our stories after we’ve recovered. Scrolling through Facebook, it would seem everyone is Pinterest perfect at all times. […]
How to Stop Obsessively Worrying About Your Kids
I’ve always had a gift for finding the worry in any situation — the thing that could go wrong, the call that might come in the night, the what-ifs that pile up quietly until they feel like certainty. I found out just how deep that worry ran on a night I’ll never forget. A few […]
