Five Minute Friday: Tender

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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 thinking, no backtracking.
2. [...]

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On seeing our {kids’} mistakes in perspective

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My first born, he’s just like me.
Starts the day out with a gold ribbon ceremony for showing honor, courage, responsibility at school and all he can think about is the reprimand that ended his school day.

All praise clouded out by a finger shaken in his direction. His breath fogs up the glasses that hide his [...]

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What a mother needs to keep running so that she doesn’t end up running away

January 11, 2012

I’m a mini van-driving mom. And I love it. Both being a mom and my sky blue mini van with enough room for another parent, my three kids, a couple of their friends and all the random collection of back packs, soccer balls, swords and snacks that inevitably make the journey with us.
This week I’m [...]

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Your house is only as big as your hospitality

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I am a reluctant renter.
Have been for years.
Our house is small, it has faux bricks that constantly fall off the kitchen walls and carpets that, well, let’s just say we have three kids under the age of six and leave the rest up to your imagination.
For years my small house has stunted my hospitality.
Maybe [...]

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When God moves into the neighborhood

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It hasn’t snowed here yet. It’s been unseasonably warm. When Zoe and I walk to pick Jackson up from Kindergarten the sun warms us in ways unexpected for December. I’ve been able to say more yes to the playground than no.

But the radio sings of winter. It plays song after song of worship that sounds [...]

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A transcontinental wedding wish for my brother & new sister-in-law

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{My oldest little brother got married this weekend. In South Africa. I wasn’t there. But I was. Because words have wings and love can span oceans.}
Joshua, I don’t know if you’ve ever been my little brother.

You’ve always been the rock, the hug, the guy that knows how to comfort his sister when her mom died, [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving: What Are We Grateful For?

November 24, 2011

How about you, friend?
What are you thankful for today?
{And have you discovered my friend Ann’s *free* App for counting each of the gifts we’re grateful for? Download the free app at iTunes and for android devices.}

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The hard work of liking our kids, not just loving them

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There are frayed edges of motherhood that aren’t often talked about. Those places where we’re holding onto our temper with one hand and the belief that things have got to get better eventually with the other.
One night that place rocks me hard as I rock my baby girl in one arm and cell phone cradled [...]

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The Raggedy Ann love

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She keeps me up. Again and again and my eyes stop focusing properly. All I want is sleep.
And I whisper to her in frustration, “It’s a good thing I love you so much.”

I love you at 4am when everyone’s asleep but us.
I love you when you projectile vomit all over me in public.
I love you [...]

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How to tell your wife you love her without using words

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I only hear him leaving because his youngest son hears him first.

Hears his dad tip toeing quietly out at 5am so as not to wake the baby that finally fell back asleep at 4:30. The son I didn’t even realize was in the room. The son tucked into a blanket on the floor by the [...]

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