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August 2015

August 31, 2015

Suffering and the Mind/Body Connection in Mental Illness

Over the last month or so, I've felt debilitatingly sad and overwhelmed. A feeling that...

August 26, 2015

Babysteps

I don't know how to start into this and I'm not sure if what I...

August 12, 2015

Wanted: A Baby to Love

I recently reconnected with a childhood friend and learned that she, too, had Hyperemesis Gravidarum....

June 2015

June 05, 2015

The Hospital Story That Won’t Go Viral

I have a three-year-old son. You know that saying that a little boy is just...

April 2015

April 21, 2015

Better: Part Two

My heart is quiet. Peaceful. The turmoil I was pinned beneath only a couple of...

March 2015

March 14, 2015

Sustained

I woke up to hollering. The kids are acting especially, well, like kids today. My...

February 2015

February 05, 2015

Numbers

My scale broke last summer. I haven’t replaced it yet. I kinda like not having...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

Answered Prayers 2015

"Feelings are indicators, not dictators. They can indicate where your heart is in the moment,...

January 18, 2015

Snares of Parenthood

How often do we grasp at our children's lives? We are so careful, so particular,...

January 13, 2015

Waiting Upon the Lord

Today we launched a new Facebook group for women who have or had Hyperemesis Gravidarum....

January 12, 2015

Glimpsing Glory

We had the opportunity to go back and worship with the saints at Trinity Reformed...

January 08, 2015

The Point

I think most of us get caught up in the destination question. Where are we...

January 08, 2015

The January Purge

And I immediately make plans to cut back in January, because it’s the magical month,...

December 2014

December 20, 2014

A Personal Word on Audio Sermons

My husband and I were talking about this a couple of days ago, and I...

December 16, 2014

Guilt-free Eating

I need regular reminders that peace does not come from my grocery list, a quota...

December 11, 2014

Medical Method Wars

There was a time when it used to surprise folks when they heard my husband...

December 10, 2014

Alternative Reality

Allowing fantasy to overcome reality is an assault on God and the world He made....

December 03, 2014

Mom Body

As I get older, my metabolism with slow, my hormones will fluctuate, my body won’t...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

Mercies

I was looking for a particular photo today and ran across this one. I was...

November 13, 2014

Chronic Illness and Sin

If someone tells you that the reason you are hurting, the reason you are sick,...

October 2014

October 11, 2014

Tasting

We enjoyed an incredible lunch of home-made onion soup with gruyère croutons a couple of days...

September 2014

September 23, 2014

When You’re Tired and Hurt or Answered Prayers 2014 No. 11

I was being careful, tending to my broken foot, my broken body. Hobbling around for...

September 02, 2014

New Adventure

On Monday we started educating our girls at home. We hired a wonderful gal to...

August 2014

August 12, 2014

Gospel Beauty Part Two

Should we desire beauty? We know by looking at Scripture that inward beauty is more important...

August 06, 2014

Gospel Beauty Part One

Ladies, our beauty is an incredible gift. Our beauty is as unique as a snowflake...

July 2014

July 15, 2014

Coming Soon

This is what blogging really looks like, folks. Coming in August on the topic of...

July 02, 2014

A Walk Through on VBACs and Why Hospitals Can’t Always Offer Them

Vaginal Births After Cesarean (aka VBAC) have become a bit of a hot topic since our...

July 01, 2014

Stones and a Slingshot

For the last couple months, a dear friend and I have been working through Becoming...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

Behind Closed Doors

Wives, "There is nothing wrong with you. God made you unique and wonderful. Society wants...

June 23, 2014

Fighting My Goliath (aka Answered Prayer No. 7)

Recently on my Facebook page, I came out of the closet: I've been a slave...