It wasn’t that it hadn’t happened before. It was that it had happened too many times before. That same place.Like taking a deep breath in and holding it, then realizing it was the breathing back out that was the problem. My cycle should have started, but it hadn’t. So day after day I’d climb into […]

Over the last two years I’ve experienced a depth of abundant blessing in sharing our journey with you. I’ve seen God weave people (and their stories) into our own in such personal ways and with a richness I believe wouldn’t be there if vulnerability wasn’t present first.  Don’t get me wrong, I believe there’s a […]

It was Monday night and I was about five minutes from caving to a cozy couch and the remaining pages of my book. Asher was asleep, Michael was at a friends house and the rest of the evening was mine to do as I pleased.  But instead of the glorious vision I daydreamed about as […]

You know those times when God catches you during an unexpected, everyday moment and seems to say, “Sweet child, that happened for you.” Well, let me tell you a story from a seemingly ordinary moment just like that from earlier this week… The rhythm of our morning was like it was most every morning. All […]

Over time I’ve grown to love choosing a word for the year. For me it’s not haphazard or picked on a whim. In past years I’ve taken intentional time to step back and look at the year past and then look forward at the year to come. I pray and ponder and journal. (And then […]

There are so many stories within our story that I hope to share with you. But this one….this one I’ll never forget. This one leaves me overwhelmed and overcome. This one is one of the most personal, particular stories that I’ll point to again and again throughout the rest of this journey of faith and […]

I take a deep breath and look back at the past twelve months… Most days I can hardly believe that it’s been real. Oh how vast is the love of the Lord and how full His blessings! This time last year we weren’t even live on the adoption list….and as I sit here and write […]

I love the space between the end of a year and the beginning of the next. It’s like this tiny breath of remembering what was and anticipating what will be. Each year has looked so vastly different, but the common strand connecting them all are the whispers of thankfulness to the Lord during these moments […]

If we could sit down together right now, hands grasped to oversized mugs filled with warm lattes (and lets be honest, mine probably has a bit too much whip cream on top) and we got to know each other face to face–there are a few things I’m certain you’d come to find out about me… […]

By the time you’ll read this, it’ll be January 4th. Four days into a new year. New dreams. New goals. New trials. New hardships. New joys. New potential. New paths. But the same God. And that, my friends, brings me overwhelming peace. This year I bought Lara Casey’s Cultivate Powersheets and I’m one hundred percent sold! […]