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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What’s In Your Skillet?

After moving a couple of years ago, guess how long it took me to remember how much I love cooking on a gas stove? About 2.5 seconds. Using plyers (because the kitchen was a work in progress and I had misplaced the knobs) I turned the naked knob post on my stovetop, listened for the… Continue reading
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Lessons From The Band Room

“Hey, Baby. Don’t play so loud.” Yes. Words from the lips of my seventeen-year-old trumpet playing boyfriend. To me, third chair trumpet player. Mostly trumpet-carrying sixteen-year-old. I couldn’t really blame him. You see, he’d been playing his horn for quite some time. And he played it well. I, on the other hand, chose my ‘borrowed… Continue reading