New Adventure is Off
#AroundTheTable #MyHeartIsGrateful Off on a new adventure!! [...]
A is For Achievement
Jaquline's Third Tryout: Saturday (email would be sent within a week) 2 hours later: "Mom do you have an email?" “Child, is it Friday?? I will not bug your coach. Patience.” “Patience is a muscle that needs to be used to grow.” “Patience is a virtue.” “Fruit of the Spirit, Jaquline?” *Lots of eye-rolls and [...]
The Story of the Baby-Pen
Online Purchase that wasn't as expected... #TheStoryOfTheBabyPen #2024 #2015 #OnlinePurchase #NotWhatIExpected #PositiveSurprise #GiganticPlayPenBecomesToddlerSafeRoom #Tool #BabyGear #OnlinePictureMadeItLookSmall #ButItWasReallyGigantic #EasyToFindThePositiveInThisUnexpectedTurn #NineYearsOfTheBabyPen [...]
Allow Dreams To Shatter
Let Dreams Shatter #2024 #Family #AMultitudeOfEmotion #AWeeksOfHighsAndLows #JesusIsAlwaysThere #TheSameYesterdayTodayAndForever #LeanOnJesus #ParentingAdults #Thankfulness #Mentors #Love #Truth #Homeschooling #Challenges #HappinessSadness #AHurtMomHasNotFelt #Responsibility #GrowingUp #ThePrivilegeAndResponsibilityOfWisdom [...]
Responsibility – Claim It
Responsibility – Claim It June 9, 2024 Random text from my teenager: “Can you just transfer the money from my savings into your savings? I want this van.” At work finishing up something as my phone makes the cute little sound for Kimberly’s text, I laugh at the lines popping [...]
Watching Them Grow
Throwback from: April 20, 2024 Watching Them Grow I’m feeling nostalgic. I’m watching girls dance and play while a sideshow plays and I hear music my Daddy used to play. Not just my girls but they all feel like mine. I’ve watched them grow in our gym. Some I’ve coached, [...]
This Day – April 28, 2024
April 28, 2024 This Day It’s been a whirlwind a week. Mountains, valleys, bridges, resets, tears, joy, excitement… all together and jumbled up and sometimes at the same time in my heart. This day was one of reflection. Thankfulness, answered prayers, closing doors, broken dreams, memories, amazing celebrated accomplishments… My [...]
New Year, 2024
January 3, 2024 New Year, 2024 Wow! Read that again! Wow! It’s a new year full of possibilities! I’m always so thankful for new years. New seasons, new months, a new week every Sunday morning, a new day every sunrise… newness always reminds me of the opportunity God gives us [...]
And We All Made It!
December 31, 2023 And We All Made It! Butterflies swam in my heart, stomach, mind… anywhere… everywhere all at once. I’m sitting in one of the folding seats in the Ocean Center with a baby nursing… I’ve been here, done that before, but never have I been in this venue [...]
Growing Young Women
December 28, 2023 Growing Young Women It struck me with a text I sent: I have the littles at gym with me I had Jillian, Lucas, Thea, and Laud. Half of our “biggers” are actually adults. That’s a strange place to realize I am at. I paused a moment, glancing [...]