anxiety I'm not sure how it happens, but sometimes it's just there, sneaking in unnoticed. I can't call it by name at first, but it feels familiar, like an old friend. An old, unwelcome, toxic, ex- boyfriend that keeps coming back around and won't take a hint. The other day I read this parenting article… Continue reading Dear Anxiety, Let’s Break Up
Tag: Parenting
Thankfulness
Mamas, you know this is true. Thankfulness. It's when the kids smear peanut butter into the carpet but you think, "At least it isn't poop." Thankfulness. It's when the kids poop on the closet floor and you think, "At least it isn't on the carpet." I could just end it there, but that feels wrong,… Continue reading Thankfulness
6 Things I’ve Learned While Waiting on What May Never Come
Have you ever wanted something so desperately that you thought maybe God would withhold it just to "test you"? I don't know where I got this notion that God does this, but I still battle it. Here I am again, like Eve in the garden. I see the fruit and I want it. And I… Continue reading 6 Things I’ve Learned While Waiting on What May Never Come
Progess
From June: My mind is a busy bee. I've been sick for three days. It's amazing, isn't it, the perspective being sick brings? It's June in North Dakota and believe it or not it actually does get hot here! But yesterday I walked outside and because of my fever I got goosebumps. In June. Yesterday… Continue reading Progess