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Shaking My Dust

Leaving perfectionism behind

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Walking through this life with my husband, six kids, and a whole lot of grace.

Posted on September 25, 2022September 25, 2022

The stones in my path

I am sitting on a bench in the speckled shade under a tree where I can still feel the sun but not the full force of it. I am studying the path curving around me this way and that, and it has made me set aside my book and think. All along this path there …

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Posted on May 9, 2021May 12, 2021

A splash of Psalms with a twist of time

The reflections of a mother clinging to the 136th chapter I’m not going to lie, when my children were small, I was young and full of pride. I had taken childcare classes, read parenting books, and observed plenty of other mothers. I knew exactly how I was going to raise my children to confident, blissful …

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Posted on October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

Who I am and why I’m here

I’m a Christian working mom who is married to a pastor who is a former Marine. I am a mother of six and grandmother of one. Once upon a time, my husband and I sold everything we had and served as missionaries overseas. But I’m so much more than that. I am also a woman …

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Posted on October 3, 2020October 3, 2020

Sometimes I bow my head and whisper your name

You may not know this about me, but sometimes when the world has gone quiet and I’m alone with my thoughts, I bow my head and whisper your name. You may be sick or studying for a test or reeling from a broken heart or picking up the pieces of a shattered dream. You may …

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Posted on July 11, 2019October 4, 2020

Survivors of the Healthy Hearts

There are those among us who have seen things – things we wish we had not seen – and we will never be the same. We walk around like everyone else. We go to work, buy our groceries, and wash our cars. But there is a pain that would glare as brightly as a neon …

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Posted on February 20, 2019October 4, 2020

dirty dishes piled high and appointments forgotten

I am sitting in a hospital waiting room, watching the TV monitor update me on the progress of my child.    The color of his chart just changed to blue and a new word has appeared below his name.    INCISION    in Arial font   point size 24.   Someone is cutting my child. …

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Posted on January 18, 2019October 4, 2020

the incredible weightless weight of my child’s child

I won’t be around forever. Someday I will be nothing more than a handful of memories shared on holidays, a dozen stories passed around the dinner table, and a hundred bedside prayers providing protection for years to come.   But when I’m gone, there will be people in this world who will remember what my …

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Posted on September 7, 2018October 4, 2020

A round-trip ticket to colorfully sketched places

You don't know me yet, but you will. You're going to know me as the one who makes cookies and lets you lick the spoon, the one who tells funny stories about your mom, and the one who gets wrinkles at the corners of her eyes when she laughs. I hope you love my cookies …

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Posted on August 8, 2018October 4, 2020

Not for all the tea in China

    I would not wish you small again, not for all the tea in China.   Your chubby little arms that circled my neck every morning when I lifted you from your crib forever softened my spirit. The baby-lotioned scent of your weight in my arms and the love-struck sound of my own off-key …

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Posted on June 6, 2018October 4, 2020

for my daughters and my sons

  You were born with love in your heart and fire in your soul, and don't you ever forget it. You were born with love in your heart to share with those who will love you back. Those who will laugh and cry with you, and want to be with you most of all.   …

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