Category Archives: identity
Behind the Curtain of Motherhood
After having my second baby girl, I expected to love her immediately, just as I had with my first. I knew in my head that love would multiply as our family grew from three to four, but I was both surprised … Continue reading
RELEASE Fear, Embrace Joy
Today, I’m writing with the Five Minute Friday community writing group, and this week’s word is RELEASE. If you’d like to join in, the linkup is here. I admit, I am a bit of a control freak. Since becoming a mother, … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday: Pregnant Momma TIRED
Today, I’m writing with the Five Minute Friday community writing group, and this week’s word is TIRED. If you’d like to join in, the linkup is here. I was due with Baby Girl #2 on Saturday, March 10, and today is … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday: REGRET no more
Today, I’m writing with the Five Minute Friday community writing group, and this week’s word is Regret. If you’d like to join in, the linkup is here. As humans, we all probably have borne our share of regret. Regret that we … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday: Unrecognized BEAUTY
Today, I’m writing with the Five Minute Friday community writing group, and this week’s word is Beauty. If you’d like to join in, the linkup is here. We all like affirmation. We like to hear that what we’ve created is something … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday: A sleepy momma’s SURRENDER
Today, I’m writing with the Five Minute Friday community writing group, and this week’s word is Surrender. If you’d like to join in, the linkup is here. I am not a morning person. Typically, I’m not fully awake until about 9am. … Continue reading
Learning Grace through Parenthood
A few weeks ago, I took my 17-month-old daughter to a bookstore to do some Christmas shopping. There, we were greeted with free Styrofoam cups full of spiced apple cider. I took a cup, and clearly my girl wanted a … Continue reading
No EXCUSE Necessary
Today I’m linking up with the Five Minute Friday community, writing for five minutes on a given prompt. This week’s word is EXCUSE. When my oldest niece, Eriah, was three years old, she had quite a vocabulary. You could … Continue reading
Desperately Seeking Love
I spent most of my life as a single, having now only been married for three years. In high school, I wondered what made other girls who always had a boyfriend different from me. Even into my twenties and early … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday: NEED
About ten years ago, I dated a boy who told me right off the bat he was codependent. I had no idea what that meant initially, even as he explained that he “needed to feel needed.” Our relationship came to … Continue reading
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