One of my favorite tapes as a kid was Ants’hillvania. I know, I’m from the dark ages, back before digitized music and even CDs. Back then you could only buy cassette tapes and vinyl records. Maybe 8-tracks. A phrase from the tape has always stuck with me. “You win or lose by the way you…
Do you ever feel like life is a runaway train and you’re just flailing and flapping in the wind behind it? I feel this way quite often, especially when it comes to my home. There are so many things I want to do; good things that I feel like I should do, but between the…
I’ll never forget watching this young woman belt out her battle cry on America’s Got Talent. My family and I were sitting in our living room relaxing, my husband was flipping through channels on the TV and landed on a replay of America’s Got Talent. A young girl with cropped hair got up and shared…
Have you ever received those chain letters or had someone send you a meme promising blessing if you’d just type “Amen” or share with your friends. Perhaps you’ve seen those ones with a picture of Jesus manipulating you by saying, “Share if you’re not ashamed to have me on your wall.” How about those memes…
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about life it is that nothing is certain. Children grow, and with each new phase of their life our schedules change, our routines, change and as moms we’re often left scrambling and feeling like we can’t keep up. This is where I’ve been the past few weeks. We’ve come…
Have you ever felt the fatigue of putting on a southern smile, hoping that no one would guess all of the brokenness happening deep inside your heart? Have you ever sat in your car in the church parking lot gathering yourself and your family together, just so no one would know that behind the image…
