I've been noticing lately. Watching, then catching myself watching, grinning, heart bursting with all that is good and right and beautif...

Whoever said the days are long? (Oh yes, I did, once or twice or probably a lot.) They don't feel long anymore. These days I'm...

There are moments when I'm left breathless with gratitude, but the moment passes and I forget too easily that it happened. I need to wr...

There are moments when I'm left breathless with gratitude, but the moment passes and I forget too easily that it happened. I need to wr...

There are moments when I'm left breathless with gratitude, but the moment passes and I forget too easily that it happened. I need to wr...

There are moments when I'm left breathless with gratitude, but the moment passes and I forget too easily that it happened. I need to wr...

There are moments when I'm left breathless with gratitude, but the moment passes and I forget too easily that it happened. I need to wr...

There are moments when I'm left breathless with gratitude, but the moment passes and I forget too easily that it happened. I need to wr...

There are moments when I'm left breathless with gratitude, but the moment passes and I forget too easily that it happened. I need to wr...

Some years I have done well, writing down lists of thankfulness, the big and the small and the everyday things. There have been seasons, too...

Another thing added to the list. They come so much faster than they get crossed off, all these various to-do's , and it just keeps grow...

It's the end of the day and I rub aloe into my dry hands. And is it any wonder. These hands endure being washed after every diaper cha...

I skipped summer this year. Too pregnant, too sore, too tired, and then a new baby, that tiny precious girl who so utterly captivated me. ...

I pray over her as she stares into the shadows; it always feels like she can see things there that I can't. Then her eyes shift, catch m...

It's my birthday and this letter is my gift to myself... _____________________ Dear Self, Today you begin the final year of your tw...

Every night it's the same. I sit with my two boys until the little one falls asleep, and then I quietly slip out, leaving the older one ...

I'm tired. Really, to say I'm tired feels like a ridiculous understatement. This past month has been the lowest I've felt quit...

I feel like I am finally - finally - caught up after our time away. Things are cleaned and dusted and organized and yes, it will only last f...

I am tired and everything seems More. More demanding, more frequent, more weighty, more . Two babies need their diapers changed and all t...

For the life you have given us, in this world and the next... for the love of family, friends, and God... for the laughter born of r...