Marriage is work. I knew this going in, but somehow, at 21, the work seemed, I don’t know… easier? Like maybe I’d do it for…
Dear Wedding Day Me
Dear Wedding Day Me, Hey! It’s me– 41 year-old you. I’m over here. No, here.
Bring Him Home: Faith, love & miracles
Last fall, Mathaus and I had the chance to help out on a film project called “The 5 Day Adoption.” Mathaus got to help with…
Twenty
Twenty years ago this month, I was frantically diving in to my last semester of coursework, trying to wrap up work on my degree so…
Welcome
Photos like this remind me how truly blessed I am. See that look of joy on my husband’s face? This was just after the birth…
How to be REAL without being RUDE
I admit to being completely caught off guard when my August post, “My husband is an idiot and I can’t stand my kids,” garnered so much…
“My husband is an idiot and I can’t stand my kids”
True story: one of the most discouraging times of my life as a wife and mother was made dramatically worse– not better— by my involvement in a women’s Bible…
Legacy
I knew he’d be a good daddy. Knew it. How? I met his father.
1996
June of 1996, and I felt like a grown-up. Well, I mostly felt like a grown-up. Part of the time, I was still plenty happy…
Things I am not an expert on
The other day, a friend of mine asked for some perspective on an issue she was having in her homeschool. I listened, I asked a…