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Nov 27, 2022
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A Word for the Weary this Christmas
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When Christmas Brings Rain
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Prepare Him Room
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Jul 23, 2019
An Invitation to Fail
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How Homeschool is Going
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Apr 23, 2019
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Because He Lives
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Dec 31, 2018
So Long, 2018
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Sep 14, 2018
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Joy in Scarcity
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Jul 26, 2018
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Third Kid or Nah?
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Anything But Homeschool: The Harder Road I Never Intended to Travel
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  • November 2014
    • Nov 8, 2014 Where the Heart Is
  • May 2015
    • May 12, 2015 Me Day
    • May 26, 2015 Baby Fever
  • June 2015
    • Jun 4, 2015 Who I Am
    • Jun 9, 2015 Hello again, Dream
    • Jun 24, 2015 Greatness
    • Jun 30, 2015 Dry
  • July 2015
    • Jul 5, 2015 Choose Joy
    • Jul 11, 2015 The Joy of Play
    • Jul 13, 2015 Pool Day
    • Jul 21, 2015 Care for the Orphan
    • Jul 26, 2015 Beach
    • Jul 26, 2015 Jump
  • August 2015
    • Aug 9, 2015 Confessions of a Failure
    • Aug 16, 2015 Truth for Bad Days
  • September 2015
    • Sep 4, 2015 Lies We Believe about Children
  • October 2015
    • Oct 9, 2015 The Unborn
    • Oct 9, 2015 In Fear of 30
    • Oct 23, 2015 The Father's Face
    • Oct 25, 2015 Date Night
    • Oct 25, 2015 Birthday Rants
    • Oct 27, 2015 On Dreaming & Doing
  • November 2015
    • Nov 6, 2015 Caring Less
    • Nov 8, 2015 On Gifts and the Giver
    • Nov 15, 2015 Where Did My Baby Go ...
    • Nov 25, 2015 An Open Letter to Lincoln's Friend @ Starbucks
    • Nov 28, 2015 Fall Fun
  • December 2015
    • Dec 8, 2015 A Different Kind of Christmas
    • Dec 15, 2015 The Procrastinator's Guide to Christmas
    • Dec 20, 2015 When Home (I Mean Life) Gets Hard
    • Dec 25, 2015 He Came
    • Dec 30, 2015 New Year's Resolutions
  • January 2016
    • Jan 1, 2016 A Love that Changes, But Never Fades
    • Jan 8, 2016 Why contentment is like Yoga (& I hate Yoga)
    • Jan 9, 2016 Dreaming While Awake
    • Jan 14, 2016 The Beauty of A New Word
    • Jan 24, 2016 The Snow Storm
  • February 2016
    • Feb 3, 2016 But Grace.
  • March 2016
    • Mar 7, 2016 Mommy Trip: ATL
    • Mar 28, 2016 Catching Up
  • April 2016
    • Apr 2, 2016 Self-Care or Selfish?
    • Apr 7, 2016 The Best Four Years
    • Apr 24, 2016 Tired
  • May 2016
    • May 6, 2016 An Open Letter: To the Mothers of Unborn Children this Mother's Day
    • May 16, 2016 The Best Mother's Day Gift
  • July 2016
    • Jul 5, 2016 Mid-Year Check-In: Feeling Aimless? Wandering? It's Never Too Late to Change Course.
    • Jul 27, 2016 Today's Forecast: Cloudy with 100% Chance of Pee
  • August 2016
    • Aug 22, 2016 New "Gestation Diaries" Series Part 1: Worth the Weight
    • Aug 29, 2016 Gestation Diaries Part 2: Heaven's Cure for the Lonely
  • September 2016
    • Sep 6, 2016 Gestation Diaries Part 3: The Stretch
    • Sep 18, 2016 Gestation Diaries Part 4: The Second Kid
    • Sep 27, 2016 Gestation Diaries Part 5: Someone Please Call 911
  • October 2016
    • Oct 6, 2016 Gestation Diaries Part 6: The Aches + Grace in Disguise
    • Oct 17, 2016 On Miscarriage + Infant Loss: Death Does Not Win
    • Oct 23, 2016 Gestation Diaries: On Being Tired + Finding Rest
  • November 2016
    • Nov 1, 2016 Gestation Diaries: To My Firstborn, Before Everything Changes
    • Nov 8, 2016 So in Love
    • Nov 22, 2016 When Bonding Takes Time
  • December 2016
    • Dec 19, 2016 3:45a
    • Dec 23, 2016 The Perfect Christmas Photos
    • Dec 31, 2016 4 Things I'm Leaving Behind in 2016
  • March 2017
    • Mar 12, 2017 I Forgot this Part: On Postpartum Depression
    • Mar 27, 2017 Grace is the New Perfect
  • April 2017
    • Apr 20, 2017 To my husband, on year five
  • July 2017
    • Jul 18, 2017 My Life + the Gym - An Imperfect Metaphor
  • November 2017
    • Nov 30, 2017 Belated Thanksgiving
  • December 2017
    • Dec 2, 2017 Discovering the Joy of Advent
    • Dec 23, 2017 2017 Christmas Photos
    • Dec 31, 2017 2018 Goals: Becoming the Person I Want to Be
  • January 2018
    • Jan 23, 2018 When Life Rocks Your Boat
  • February 2018
    • Feb 8, 2018 January Joys
  • April 2018
    • Apr 26, 2018 Belated Joys (February - April)
  • May 2018
    • May 7, 2018 New Series Launching this Week: "Dear Mama"
    • May 9, 2018 Dear "Homeschool" Mama - Mother's Day Series Part 1
    • May 17, 2018 Dear "Foster" Mama - Mother's Day Series Part 2
    • May 24, 2018 Dear “Would-Be” Mama Battling Infertility - Mother's Day Series Part 3
  • June 2018
    • Jun 7, 2018 Dear "Mama of Many" - A Tribute to Marquita Cobb
    • Jun 21, 2018 Anything But Homeschool: The Harder Road I Never Intended to Travel
  • July 2018
    • Jul 26, 2018 Third Kid or Nah?
  • September 2018
    • Sep 14, 2018 Joy in Scarcity
  • December 2018
    • Dec 31, 2018 So Long, 2018
  • April 2019
    • Apr 23, 2019 Because He Lives
  • May 2019
    • May 8, 2019 How Homeschool is Going
  • July 2019
    • Jul 23, 2019 An Invitation to Fail
  • December 2019
    • Dec 2, 2019 Prepare Him Room
    • Dec 20, 2019 When Christmas Brings Rain
  • November 2022
    • Nov 27, 2022 A Word for the Weary this Christmas

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