2020 started out exciting for me, mostly. My husband and I started the year out on some shaken ground, but that shaking helped reveal the...

Years ago my counselor once told me of how the oyster forms a pearl. It starts with a grain of sand finding its way inside, causing it...

I'm an open book when it comes to my adoption and most of my life, for the simple fact that I want to be real and honest in hopes that it...

Tips and tools I've learned in the past years to survive in survival mode as a momma of 5.

Wow. This year has honestly flown by. 2019 was full of ups and downs, but with so much growth and excitement! In 2019 the promise I felt...

Sometimes I feel like I traded my opportunity to mother my birth daughter so that she could have a dad who is present and adores her. It...

These days, I don’t often get (or– make?) time to read a book with paper pages to highlight and turn with my fingertips, but I still love...

2018 is coming to close already. Can you believe it? I always enjoy these end of the year reviews to see it all in retrospect and looking...

Ah, here we are once again. A new year approaching. This is always my favorite post of the year. Though I blog less and less here...

I just have to vent for a moment. As a momma who has had 6 babies and learned the hard way…for the love of the giant wound inside your...

This book is on a roll, I am so excited with all that has been accomplished in just a week! God is breathing life into this project and...

It’s happening guys, finally. I’ve known since Anna was born that God gave me this gift of writing to use it for His glory and write a...

Guys, we are going THERE right now. This isn’t a post for little eyes, or my family members (eek!). This is me being super open about...

Hi, mommas! Having now had 6 amazingly challenging, rewarding, and Holy Spirit filled births (4 of those 100% natural), I wanted to share...

My husband and I celebrated our 10th anniversary last weekend. I’m proud, to be honest. It’s a huge milestone and accomplishment in my...

I know I don’t write here often, I’m okay with that. I write here as God leads. Today I fell lead, though I’m not sure where it’ll take...

The week leading up to Lylah's birth (38 weeks) I had this gut feeling it was going to be my last week pregnant.

In an effort to not make one humongous, ginormous post with everything related to Lylah’s birth I’ve divided it up into three posts: Part...

Lylah's birth story is so much more involved than just the details of contractions, but God's work of healing too.

My heart truthfully sank for a minute, because I was so sure this was our boy, the one I felt God promised us....