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A few months ago, we found ridiculously cheap plane tickets for Boston and off we went. It was our first visit to the city and, believe it or not, Stockholm in February was more pleasant than Boston in March. It probably has a lot to do with the fact that we arrived completely unprepared. That…
The Evolution of Chill
I am neither the best mom nor am I the worst. We don’t have a perfect family… but I think we are getting by just fine. I am pretty chill. This is a miracle. For a long time, family members were suspicious that I was going to be my Grandma Jean incarnate. And Grandma Jean…
Brysontiller Let Me Explain
Short of Blue Ivy storming the stage, showing off her mommy-rivaling toddler pipes, and then spontaneously releasing her debut album, we’ve basically come to the point where Beyoncé can’t outdo herself (and yet, she still does), so this husband-wife tour makes perfect sense.
The Fat Girl’s Guide to Knowing Jesus
The Fat Girl’s Guide to Knowing Jesus I remember a time, several years ago, I had slept all day… about 19 hours. We had this mysterious virus at our house. As far as viruses go, it’s a malady of harsh symptoms. Body aches, chills, fever, headache, nausea, and unconsciousness. Yeah, that was the good part, well…
Renewing My Mind
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Grief Isn’t a Lack of Faith…
Grief drenched me. From the windows of my bedroom on the second story of our home on our 640-acre ranch, I could see the sky morphing from daytime to a water colored twilight. The master bedroom glowed with purple hues. My husband Justin, who always generous and thoughtful, had excused me for the evening. I…
Follow the Leader, Lead the Follower
When our oldest biological son John was three, he already had it. When his younger brother Luke was three, he had it too. Charisma? A captivating charm; different in a sense, John’s was a presence. Luke’s was more a shameful gorgeousness, accompanied by enormous dimples, seductive stare, and delightful magnetism. Once at soccer practice for…
The #1 Gift I Refuse to Give My Children for Christmas
The #1 Gift I Refuse to Give My Children for Christmas It’s starting. The commercials are legend. Somewhere, someone is concocting the next Christmas lampoon of how one boy and his loyal dog must SAVE CHRISTMAS. Some evil mastermind wants to steal the joy. Maybe he wants to kill all the reindeer. Could he be…
Feeling Less Than Thankful?
The last time I took our 2-year-old son to get his vaccines he behaved like most toddlers do when having been stuck with a needle three times. Vaccines mystify me. With all of today’s modern advances is this still the only way to inoculate children? And please, I love you each, I know there are…
BELIEVING AS THANKGIVING
Happy Thanksgiving Eve! Today in the midst of grocery shopping, airport runs, pie making, road tripping, cleaning, stressing, and all things Thanksgiving… give yourself a break. I find I get the most done when I am undone. I work well under pressure. Whether the pressure is internal – and I am beating myself up or…