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October 2015

October 14, 2015

Why We Don’t Have “Best” Friends

My daughter, Ophelia, is nine years old. She is slipping out of childhood and into...

October 11, 2015

Protest

A few more signs: #PPProtest #DefundPlannedParenthood pic.twitter.com/vA1FcpqmG2 — Daniel Foucachon (@foucachon) October 10, 2015 I'm...

August 2015

August 12, 2015

Wanted: A Baby to Love

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

July 2015

July 29, 2015

Why I Am Pro-Life

My second Hyperemetic pregnancy was Miss Mira. I started throwing up at 8 weeks and...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

Enough

My eyes are swollen. My face hurts. Crying will do that. Do you ever have...

January 18, 2015

Snares of Parenthood

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

January 15, 2015

Why I Allow My Girls to Wear Spaghetti-Strap Tops

I don't like doing these types of posts. For starters, I'm trying really hard not...

January 05, 2015

Dependent, Not Brave

The only way to parent is with faith that God is able to keep and...

December 2014

December 03, 2014

Mom Body

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

December 03, 2014

Choose Beauty

Just because you’re a mom doesn’t mean you have to give up being a woman....

November 2014

November 21, 2014

Mercies

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

November 19, 2014

God Provides

I know this is kinda off topic, but it is such a wonderful example of...

November 01, 2014

All Saints Day

My kids are asleep so I traded out the Halloween decorations for the new ones....

October 2014

October 21, 2014

Motherhood Can Be All Consuming

Please join me today over at Pearl's OysterBed, where I am talking about intimacy in early...

October 03, 2014

What Are You Training For?

[O]ne of the things we are constantly practicing is either being governed and assessing our...

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...

July 2014

July 06, 2014

It’s Not About Us

Parents, we need to be mindful of our motives today. Anything we choose to give...

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...

May 2014

May 15, 2014

Hello, My Name is Abra and I had Hyperemesis Gravidarum

Today is National Hyperemesis Gravidarum Awareness Day. I had HG throughout the entirety of all...

April 2014

April 22, 2014

Christian Submission

"The word submission, on its own, holds no moral value whatsoever. Submission could be noble,...

April 10, 2014

Two Years Later

My youngest turned 2 today. He is so old and so young all at once....

March 2014

March 26, 2014

Holiness by Checklist

"It’s easier to follow a checklist of do’s and don’ts than it is to do...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

Salted

This sermon hit me pretty hard today. Listening through it (we missed church the Sunday...

February 18, 2014

Good Housekeeping: Making the Most of Your Mission Field

My head hits a mountain of clean laundry that is waiting to be folded on...

February 10, 2014

You Need to Sleep

God created us this way. Just like oxygen and food, we need sleep to work...

January 2014

January 08, 2014

I Do

The starting point for us, moms, in any difficult parenting situation…in any challenging schedule…in any...

December 2013

December 16, 2013

Hospitable Love

When I make my home an inhospitable environment (as in hostile, cold, and unwelcoming) for...

December 15, 2013

Priorities

If you can keep Christ at the center of your day...you will find that the...

December 10, 2013

If I Told You Once…

How often do parents repeat themselves? If your home is anything like mine, the answer...

November 2013

November 08, 2013

Obedience Ensures Happiness

Laissez-faire parenting does not produce gracious, humble children. It produces brats. They are neither fun...