This Christmas, I had many expectations. As you can tell from my last post, some things have happened this season that have totally exceeded my expectations. And those were the things that mattered most. But today I’m choosing to let go of other, more trivial expectations- three, to be exact. None of the three looked […]
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Every year, without fail, I write down my New Year’s Resolution, “Organize House.” Maybe I should just create a template that I can use every year instead of having to expend energy in writing out those two words. It’s not that I don’t try. I do. I sort through endless school papers, give away boxes
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Sometimes we don’t quite know where we stand as a cook. Other times, it’s crystal clear. Tonight, I set out plates of whitefish, quinoa, and broccoli and smile to myself. “What a truly wonderful mother I am, serving yet another healthy, delicious dinner to my family.” I light a candle and sit down, drinking in
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Sometimes it’s hard to do the right thing. This morning, I read in Psalm 15, “O Lord, who can abide in Your tent? Who can dwell on Your holy hill? She who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in her heart; who does not slander with her tongue and does no
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My 5-year old son is my warrior. Usually wielding a light sabre or nerf gun, ready at a moment’s notice to take down the nearest bad guy (or his little brother). The other day, though, I saw his softer side. We had just flown into the driveway after a crazy, busy afternoon, and he hopped
This morning, my oldest son came running through the house to find me, eyes wide with worry. “Cookie can’t walk anymore!” I followed him into his room. He pointed, “He’s just lying on his food dish!” I reached inside the cage and felt the soft, black fur of the little hamster. His heart was still beating,
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My 3-year old son and I took a walk together the other morning, headed to one of our favorite spots under a bridge to throw rocks in the creek. As we passed another mom and her son at the park, he yelled out in typical fashion, “What’s your name?” The mom replied, and then my son yelled
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It goes without saying that kids are funny. As we were driving down the highway the other day, my son turned around to look behind us and asked, “Mommy! Why are all those cars chasing us?” I have four boys. I realize that may make you shudder, not laugh. But my kids make me laugh!
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The other day, one of my friends asked me, “How do I not get sucked into my kids’ emotional drama?” First, I’ll say it’s pretty easy to get sucked in. As their emotion starts to ramp up, we feel ours ramping up, too. And, before we know it, our voice is as loud as theirs.
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I thought about abandoning the audition and going home. We had already waited for an hour in a lobby full of other little boys outside a meeting room in the Nashville Hutton Hotel, and I had a crazy night ahead of me with 3 other boys’ activities back in Nolensville. And, along with my angst over the recent firing
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