The gospel according to motherhood

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But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. ~1 Corn. 1:27 I came by motherhood backwards. It was never my intention or my dream. It was a slow revelation that “barefoot and pregnant” was not a phrase ever [...]

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Because your story matters more than your stats

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Child,” said the Voice, “I am telling you your story, not hers. I tell no one any story but his own.” C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (The Chronicles of Narnia p.176. But what if my story isn’t important? What if it’s small and stitched together with load after load of laundry or hours spent [...]

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Five Minute Friday: Real

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Around here we write for five minutes flat on Fridays. We write because we want to, not because we have to. We write for fun, for joy, for discovery. We just write without worrying if it’s just write or not. Won’t you join us? 1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over [...]

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Because real life is never as pretty as the Internet pretends it is, but real life friends are even better

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So I’m leading this thing I’m really excited about called (in) real life or (in)RL for snazzy short. And I’m loving it, and I’m feeling the love connected to all these awesome women from all over the world when God asks me in that whispery/naggy voice that shows up in the back of my head, [...]

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Because sometimes empty is better than full {an invitation}

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For a long time I felt like a pitcher. Full to the brim. But with nowhere and no one to pour out into. I would wake up and get up and go to work and come home and make supper and love on my kids and my man and go to bed still feeling like [...]

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“Because words can build a bridge” or “Why I blog and why you should too”

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Two years and one job ago. I sat across from the man I love on the bed we’ve loved in since we were first married ten years before. I sat and smacked fist into palm and said it again and again and again, “But this can’t be what I’m supposed to do with my life.” [...]

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For the days when your blog or your life feels small

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We might worry quite a bit about being small. We might worry that our words unfurl and flutter away from our small corner of the night into the vast cosmos of the Internet. We might tilt our heads and look way, way back at the stars twinkling from so high and think, “I will never [...]

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In which I tell you thanks and buy a donkey

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I’m a girl who spent a large chunk of tonight re-soaking and re-washing pots that I’ve been ignoring for an embarrassing chunk of time. I’m a girl who has a desk surrounded by 10 (I just counted) trucks/fire trucks/garbage trucks and police type vehicles. I’m a girl who has a pile of books on her [...]

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You are cordially invited to un-lurk

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So, once a year it’s fun to invite everyone lurking out there on the fringes of ye old blog, to come and share a comment. A virtual howdy. A shout out to let us know you’re there and what you love about hanging here. It’s National De-luker Day So, if you’re a quiet reader who [...]

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Five Minute Friday: Roar

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The first Friday of the new year. Let’s do it. Let’s just write without worrying if it’s just right or not. For only five short, bold, beautiful minutes. Let your mind and your words and your heart fly free; wild – no editing, no over thinking. Won’t you join me? 1. Write for 5 minutes flat [...]

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