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Easter Was (Mostly) About The Dress
For as long as I can remember, Easter was about finding the perfect dress. The perfect shoes. The tights. Sometimes even little white gloves and precious white hats. When Easter was coming every year,...
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What Having Kids Really Does To Your Marriage
Six years and four months ago my husband and I became parents for the very first time. We had no idea what we were doing when we brought our son home to our two bedroom townhouse with nothing but a...
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You May Remember When Your Shoes Felt A Little Too Big
I see you in the back of our minivan. You are strapped into your carseat and you are trying so hard to crank your neck over the high back to join in on the conversation your two big brothers are having...
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The Things I Said I’d Never Do: An Unraveled Parent
There was a moment the weekend right before Christmas where I found myself cheering in a dark deserted parking lot on a chilly December night. I was cheering because my three year old was peeing in the...
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The “I Can’t” Days
There were so many days when I had a baby laying on my chest waiting to be nursed and a toddler pulling on the hem of my pants. There were so many moments when I was overwhelmed with all of the...
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Marriage: Learning To Ask Questions
A few nights ago I noticed that the leftover boxes from the lunch we had eaten out that afternoon were not in the refrigerator. My husband had taken our four children home from the restaurant in our...
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The WORST Mom Ever
I am the WORST mom ever. Sometimes I say this phrase to my kids when they are experiencing a disappointing circumstance. Truly. I can be fun but I am also tough. This combination leads to many...
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Unraveling Kindness
I never knew it but for a long time I never understood the real reason of why it was important to be kind to others. I can remember being taught the saying “do unto others as you would have them do...
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Dear Mom, Why Didn’t You Tell Me?
My mother passed away after a seven year battle with breast cancer when I was fourteen. There is literally no way she could have told me all the things I needed to know about pregnancy and parenting...
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When The Days Are Long And The Years Are Short
Gretchen Rubin says it best in her book, The Happiness Project. “The days are long but the years are short.” Now, I know for some of my friends that have grown children (you know) I do not and cannot...
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If You Think You May Have Married A Crazy Person
I know it crossed my husband’s mind a time or (let’s be honest) a dozen times when we were first married. I know in our first months of matrimony he looked at me more than once like he did not even...
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Prayers For My First Grader
It was supposed to be rest time in our home at 1:30 this afternoon. I put my baby down in her crib, closed the door and walked down the stairs to call the boys in for rest time just the way I normally...
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The Crumbs On The Countertop
I am not proud, but there have been moments in my Christian life when I have cried over the dust on my baseboards, the spills on my carpet and the crumbs on the countertop. Cleanliness is next to...
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The Terrible, Laughable and Humbling Places of Parenting
There are times when you see your kids shine in the same way you shine and you beam with pride. There are other times when your kids demonstrate undesirable behaviors like eat ashes from the fire pit...
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Thursday Night Refresh
I am very excited to talk bout something we have going on at our church on my blog. I never really talk specifically about church events on my blog but this new ministry is very personal to me and I...
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Unraveled Church
It feels strange to learn how to “do” church while your husband is in full time ministry. For some people it feels strange to “do” church at all and to others “doing church” feels like an old perfectly...
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What God Gives
Some may say, God gives you only what you can handle. But in my personal experience I have lived the exact opposite of the well known phrase. What God gives has always been so much more than I can...
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Unraveled Motherhood
Hello. I am glad you are here. I’d like to forward this post with the obvious message that I am not at all a baseball player and I know very little about the game. I am simply a fan of baseball but...
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For The Love
A few years ago I had my very first school Valentine’s Day experience as a parent. I took my then one-year-old, two-year-old and four-year-old boys to Target the week before V-Day and bought some...
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The Last Load of Laundry
There used to be a time when I had my family’s laundry situation under control. I was able to follow the schedule, put the clothes away and keep the bins from overflowing in a manner that felt natural...
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