Category Archives: patience
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
Baby #2 Birth Day
My baby girl is nearly six weeks old, and I can hardly believe that much time has passed. The first three weeks after she was born felt like one of the longest days ever, a slow-motion yawn. Now that I’m … Continue reading
Adjusting to life after Baby #2
Our newest baby girl is now 18 days old and life has been radically changed. For the first two weeks, my head was in a haze, a dark thick fog in which I was not quite present. We were up … 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: 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
Day 25/31 Days of Five Minute Free Writes 2017: BECAUSE
Day 25 We can’t stand it when we don’t have the reason for something. I remember when I was young, probably in second or third grade, and I had a math homework question for my dad. He was downstairs in … Continue reading
Tweener Phase
Patience is a fruit that is still very green on my branches. I’m in what I call a “tweener phase,” since any instance of tweens is awkward. As a middle-school aged tween, I was completely awkward with braces, sported a … Continue reading
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