Love and Letting Go …

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This week I posted a guest post on the Ministry and Motherhood blog.  Here is the link to that site.  Hope you enjoy! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers...

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Tags: independence, letting go, love, parent

On Father’s Day …

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In general, I am opposed to “Hallmark Holidays.” I learned a long time ago on Valentine’s Day how consumerism fueled by one stationery company (and let’s be honest, the restaurant industry, floral industry, chocolate industry, jewelry industry …) could make a...

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Tags: complicated, conflicted, father, father's day, god, grateful, honor, obligation, painful, parent, redeem

A little help ...

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As a parent of two young children, I have had to readjust how I do about pretty much everything. Grocery shopping is one of the trickiest. My current method is to put my oldest in the shopping cart seat (luckily she is still small enough for that) and to put my youngest on my chest in a baby...

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Tags: shopping cart, control, god, help, humility, neighbor, parent, relationship, vulnerable, shopping, cart

On Worry ...

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Last week I went to visit my OB for a checkup. We began to talk about delivery dates, as I am having a cesarean section with our second child. The doctor selected a date that is about one week before what I expected. I left the office totally panicked. I would need to totally readjust my plan...

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Tags: control, god, valentine, parent, trust, worry, jesus, snow, panic, delivery