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Voice

What does it mean to have a voice? Who gets to have a voice? Only those who can speak? I hesitated to write this post because I intentionally do not get involved with politics on Facebook. However much this may seem like one, this is not a political post. This is a deeply personal post. In 1974 my mom was…

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Parenting teenagers is no joke.

Even though I worked for a non profit benefitting teens and parents for 17 years, and listen to a ton of parent education on my own, I still struggle sometimes to know what the heck I’m doing as a parent. They are always throwing curve balls at me and I’m like, “Wait, what? How do I deal with this?” I’ve…

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Argosy

Heart pounding out of your chest…you are so nervous. But wait, you are not the one standing in front of a huge room of people being asked to spell words into the microphone. No, it’s your 7 year old daughter who is confidently standing before the judges. So, why on earth are YOU so nervous? That’s what I kept asking…

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So we all have our strengths.

My husband’s is special occasions. He always makes every day worth celebrating special. After my workout this morning I came out of the garage to find the tallest long stem roses I’ve ever seen, coupled with stargazers. Later I found chocolates under my pillow and when I thanked him he told me they were from Hailey (my 18 year old…awww).…

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When your heart aches…

My heart ached for a third child for so many years. I never quite gave up hope but there were so many years of tears, prayers, arguing and counseling to get us to this day 8 years ago. I knew you were meant to be in our family and so I never gave up. How sweet of God to bring…

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Good Mom/Bad Mom?

The weeks leading up to Charlotte’s Birthday I was getting really frustrated with her inability/unwillingness to keep her room clean. She is a total pack rat and has so much stuff in her little room. Everyday I would nag her to get it cleaned. Everyday it would still be messy. I offered incentives. I gave consequences. Nothing was working. So,…

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Sexual Relationships

When you are 23 and you get news that will change your life forever and then you hear a still small voice in your heart telling you that one day you will tell others the story of what you are going through at that very moment…..you never forget it. In the past couple years God has been opening up more…

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So it’s Siblings Day…..

My first thought when I think of siblings are these three. Blessed beyond measure to have each other, whether they realize it or not. Today we were all home together for the first time in 10 days. It felt good and it felt right. I heard from the living room, “Mom, he’s sitting on my head!” “She took my spot!”…

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Senior Chapel

Excuse the tears and nostalgia over the next couple weeks. My oldest is preparing to leave the nest and that is just plain surreal. Three years ago we visited Berean Christian High School to see if it would be a better fit for Hailey. The public school was just not the right fit for her. However, private high school was…

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Hailey’s last horse lesson

So remember I told you to excuse my nostalgia? Well, it might be coming out in full force this week before Hailey leaves for the summer. From ages 6-9 Hailey rode western and loved it; and then on a fluke, she changed over to English when she turned 9. Enter, David Acord, the best trainer ever. Today was Hailey’s last…

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