Mom in the Mirror

    Motherhood is hard. Gosh, how many times have we heard this phrase? How many times have we been told just how incredibly tough this gig is? The answer is simple: a lot. Often times, I give into that notion too. I tell myself that this job? It’s too hard. That being a mom is too much for me—you know, a task I’m just not equipped to handle. I tell myself all of these things and more. However, it’s not doing me, or my children a bit of good. Yes, motherhood has its struggles, but it’s too easy to …

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Still We Battle & The Monday M.O.M. Initiative Link Up

My children begin each homeschool day with Bible study. A lesson earlier this week focused on Joshua 10:6-15. The moral of the kids’ lesson was that God can do anything He wants, with or without the help of men, that His power is limitless, and that He is able to do all things. Now, the story was geared toward elementary aged children, and that message is indeed what the story illustrates. However, I, as a more mature Christian, saw something a little startling when I looked deeper into the message. To recap this passage, in the days of Joshua, five …

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When You Struggle With Infertility and Loss

A Post From My Blog Last Fall *I was going in for a routine ultrasound, only to learn the unexpected, my baby had died during the week. No heartbeat. “My prayer this morning as I waited for the doctor, was somehow, there would be a heartbeat. I requested she try again for my sake and sadly as I knew, there was none. Even though I didn’t hear one, I was comforted as I laid my heart in God’s hands.          Fresh tears well up with each passing moment as I continue to grieve the loss of my child. I grieve the dreams that were attached …

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