growing in wisdom
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I’m Not The World’s Greatest Mom

Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. C.S Lewis Lewis wasn’t wrong. My heart has been broken over and over through my journey of motherhood. Often by my children. Too often by their heartaches. But more often than not, my heart has suffered as a result of my lousy mothering. Yes. Mother’s Day Continue reading
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Not Just In My Dreams

I have a recurring dream. It’s never quite the same dream, but this one component is always present: a snake bites me, and I try frantically to shake him off me, his fangs clinging fast to my arm, his body flailing. Today, I woke up with this dream wreaking havoc in my brain. Again. Walking to make Continue reading
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The Parable of the Press-On Nails

This past weekend, I helped host a ladies’ gathering at our church. It was amazing! On Friday afternoon, as I was getting dressed, I looked down at my hands and thought, “Girl, your nails!” They looked awful. So, I began digging in my bathroom cabinets, certain I had thrown some press-on nails in a basket Continue reading