I bet if I asked you to close your eyes and picture the tastes and smells of your childhood, you would be able to recall in vivid detail
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Underneath it all - on some level - I think we’re all asking what is happening? Will things ever be normal again?
What if the answer to that is no? And what if that’s a good thing?
By the time Cyrus was one, he had already been on three major trips, watched embers of a fire glow in the mountains and touched his chunky toes in the salty ocean.
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When COVID hit, many people around the world felt the effects of loss of community. But our experience was little bit different because we all ended up quarantining together.
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I am a mother of two beautiful, vibrant teen girls. With their eyes down, looking at their phones, they don’t see the people around them.
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To my fellow stay-at-home moms and dads—we carry the badge of dark circles under our mascaraless eyes, hungry for interaction with humans who can make their own snacks and wipe their own bottoms.
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Home is both the place I don’t want to leave and the place I know I must leave if I’m going to live a full, abundant life.
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“Daddy, what are they doing?” Cyrus asked from the gray steps of my parents’ porch as protestors marched past chanting the words, “I can’t breathe.”
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697 days. That’s the length of time that our precious Malachi was in foster care. Forever. That’s the length of time we have to love him and know that he is ours.
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I want to live a life chasing the big expressions of God’s handiwork. I want to count my blessings every day and never come up short. But that’s not where the real growth takes place, is it?
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During seasons of unpredictability, the natural tendency can be to retreat into anxiety and dread, as if imagining the worst might prevent it or at least soften the blow if our fears become reality.
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If you guys will join me, I want to give some shout outs. If someone you know has been a leader, a happy face, an encourager, a giver, or in any form just shown to be the kind of person we should aspire to be, give them a shout out on here.
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We don’t always realize what we are missing when we are content with what’s in front of us.
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I would be such a good gardener. I’ll take any excuse to soak up the warm sunshine. I don’t even mind the watering. I would be such a great gardener if I could only manage to keep my plants alive.
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Our lives have been distracted by a hundred different pursuits; our hearts have become lukewarm. What if there’s a gift somewhere in the rubble?
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These are the things I am doing to stay grounded, to lean into the season and come out all the better for it.
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It’s been a very tough season as we navigate our family’s super active lifestyle with a kiddo who seems to catch it all. So, in an effort to share some things we have tried and even give you some tips and tricks, I hope you find this helpful.
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Tomorrow I turn 28. Right about now would be the appropriate time to make a “30 before 30” list. You know, 30 things I want to see or do before I hit a new decade. Instead, I decided to recount some of the things I’ve already seen and done as sort of a tribute to getting older.
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There will be a thousand posts today on love and romance and couples gushing out their undying devotion to one another. But I can’t help but wonder how many more voices fall silent on this day because the one relationship that was supposed to fulfill has fallen short.
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I’ve been having a lot of dreams about breathing under water. They say that this represents being overwhelmed by negative thoughts, emotions, or uncertainty
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