life of a homeschool mom & pastors wife who is working on her first novel
It's been a long time since I've written a blog post here, which makes me sad. But I've found I've had very little energy to give to blog posts for the last couple of months. Summer is in full swing and between a slew of graduation parties, end of year programs, family gatherings, travel plans, …
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.Victor Hugo I have always loved music and singing and when I was a kid I wrote a lot of poetry and would try to make up songs to go with the poems. But I haven't done anything like that …
So I was in the depths of despair at the airport gate. I had to calm down and start figuring out what I was going to do next. Many phone calls later I found myself sitting in the airport I was supposed to be flying out of waiting for my sister to pick me up …
Continue reading ‘God Sightings’ Amidst Travel Drama: Part 2
If you missed the blog post over at RMMB, please follow the link below. Not Just In Our Head: Hyperemesis Gravidarum Awareness I felt Alicia's story needed to be shared and she's been wanting to share it too. She regularly posts updates on her facebook about HG awareness and updates about her daughter who is …
As I re-read my last blog post I now feel even more convicted about what happened during my trip (not so much during actually, more just the travel days). I was preachin' to my own choir. Most of my problems on this adventure were still quite small in the grand scope of things but it …
Continue reading ‘God Sightings’ Amidst Travel Drama: Part 1
What if the plane crashes and I die? Lots of people travel for work all the time, I'll be fine. I better just make sure things are in order, just in case though. Oh no, what if something bad happens to the kids while I'm gone. I will feel so guilty. What should I pack? …
Continue reading 7 Truths I Rehearse to Avoid FOMO and Anxiety
If you missed my recent blog post about this announcement that's okay. I recently decided that I was ready to finish a novel I started writing when I was 15. It's been tucked away in the dusty old files of an external hard-drive for the last decade or so of my life and after one …
If I'm honest, I don't really like Christian movies. I've seen a few, and while I usually get something personal out of it and I find it edifying for my own faith, I still cringe every time I watch one. There's just something about the forced message, or the acting, that diminishes the messages power. …
