Want to know how to start a blog? Well, you’re not alone. If I’ve been asked once, I’ve been asked a hundred times, “How do I start a blog?” So, today you’ve come to the right place! I’m going to tell you how to start a blog in twenty minutes or less. Most people when …
Can I Tell You Something, Girl with a Dream?
I see you there across the room. Your hair pulled back and your back pack leaning haphazardly against the chair. Your geometry book and graph paper scatters the table. You smile at your teacher and lean in close. You’re listening, but your mind wanders. You’re dreaming of your tomorrows. Thinking of days you have yet …
31 Days of Everyday Grace: Why We Can’t Know the Future {Day 31}
Guess what? If you sleep in your bed all night, tomorrow night you’ll get to play with your friends! Those were the words that tucked my toddler into bed last night. Words his Daddy decided would entice his son to not get out of bed, to stay there all night, and then come in the …
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31 Days of Everyday Grace: He Fills in the Gaps of My Failures {Day 30}
My everyday is spent changing diapers, sweeping up breakfast crumbs, reading stories, disciplining toddlers, and all those stay-at-home mom tasks that really just seem so mundane. I have to remind myself often that homemaking matters. Today I felt like my heart would explode. You know those days – all you can see are the areas …
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31 Days of Everyday Grace: Making “Me” Time Happen {Day 23}
I felt pinned up. Like I was suffocating. Every day was a battle. I needed to get out without toting a baby carrier or packing one hundred and one snacks to keep a toddler occupied. Five minutes here and there wasn’t cutting it. Photo taken by Duttons Photography I needed air in my lungs. …
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31 Days of Everyday Grace: Giving Weary Chefs Grace {Day 21}
As we continue to find our new normal, I don’t have the energy to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. Yet at the same time, we are seeking to be good stewards of our family’s finances and getting take out every day (or really at all) is just not an option. Last year, …
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31 Days of Everyday Grace: End of an Ordinary Day {Day 20}
It’s the end of another ordinary day. I sit and listen to the noises of life around me. The dishes dry in the sink. The G.I. Joe’s scatter the floor. I live in a world full of boys. My boys. The toddler boy motor boats from the bathroom. He entertains himself as he waits to be …
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31 Days of Everyday Grace: He Gives More Grace {Day 19}
This post is part of 31 Days of Everyday Grace series. You can see all the posts here.
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31 Days of Everyday Grace: What If {Day 15}
My heart is stirred. I’m finding it hard to breathe … again. Thoughts swirl through my brain. My heart beats in my chest longing to reach out and heal. I’m finding it hard to breathe. I’m finding it hard to breathe knowing there are children hurting, women being torn apart, men lost in addictions, and …
31 Days of Everyday Grace: Why This Post is Late {Day 9}
This smile. This laugh. This day. This is why this post is late. I was enjoying the everyday grace of my family. This post is part of 31 Days of Everyday Grace series. You can see all the posts here.
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31 Days of Everyday Grace: A Lesson from Jonah {Day 3}
This post is part of 31 Days of Everyday Grace series. You can see all the posts here. In the first chapter of Jonah, we witness a man of God fleeing the scene and refusing to carry God’s message to the people of Ninevah. In Jonah’s sin, he thinks he can run from God, even …
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Remember Your Identity in Christ
This is a guest post from Mel at Essential Thing Devotions. Do you know the one question which is likely to make many stay-at-home moms break out into a cold sweat and suddenly wish that their little darlings would make all hell break loose and cause a distraction? The dreaded “So, what do you do?” …