Dear Jalen, I find myself reflecting a lot these days, marrying off your first boy will do that to a mom. It’s just so hard to believe my son is becoming a husband. It doesn’t feel like it was that long ago that you were testing the limits of crib boundaries & seeing how many...
Today marks the one year anniversary we said goodbye to my dad on this side of eternity. We have the comfort and assurance Dad is in heaven. Amidst his earthy absence, sometimes it feels like he’s peeking from between the clouds as his family, earthside, receives little reminders of him. We’ve affectionately referred to those...
As soon as school lets out, we’ve made it a tradition to head to the beach. This year was no exception. I picked up a few items that make me think, how did I ever do the beach without these products?! I’m going to share them with you so you too can enjoy your beach...
I recently asked my friends on Instagram: what are some questions you’d like answered from a girl happily married for 27 years and mother to 4 kids. The following question in one form or another was a popular one: How do you balance marriage & kids? When we welcomed our first baby into our home...
On our last sailing adventure Drew & I had the pleasure of hosting a marriage & family therapist. I picked her brain like I Iwas a patient in her office and she was gracious enough to comply. While we were enjoying the wind in our hair at the bow of the boat, she referenced...
Drew and I have 4 kids. Half of them are middle-age teenagers and the other half made it through to the other side and are officially twenty-somethings. The baby, toddler and elementary years were physically exhausting. The tween and teen years are best described as mentally exhausting. I’ve found that as parents, Drew and I...
To finish out 2019, I set a goal to create a short, 4 week curriculum to teach a handful of teenagers. More specifically they were, my 8th grade daughter, Ava’s friends. Ava is the youngest of our 4 kids. As I watched my older children, I noticed it was around the middle school age in...
Two years ago we were asked by some friends to join them on a couples’ retreat. It was a sailing adventure hosted by Winshape Marriage. We’d never done anything like it before, but we’d heard great things. Not fully understanding what we were agreeing to, we said yes. To say “it was an adventure of...
The year was 1991. I was days away from high school graduation and concentrated on what I would wear and how I would style my highly permed, highlighted hair. I had spent my senior year writing off dating and had made a conscious effort to focus on developing myself. My youth pastor’s wife, whom I...
As I type this, I am on my way to St Petersburg, Florida. It will be my 4th trip in 3 months & none of them have been work related. Since December our family has spent 2 weeks in Michigan visiting family, a long weekend in Orlando meeting up with family & Mickey, Drew &...
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