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When You Bring Home a New Baby
There’s something about when you bring a new baby home and you start looking at your other children. All of the sudden, the baby of the family no longer looks like a baby.…
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Anxiety and God’s Peace
I had three people fighting for my attention this morning. My son was trying to show me some toy he just got. He figured out it could do something cool and he was…
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For the Newly Postpartum Mama
For the newly postpartum mama, You’re going to get a lot of voices overwhelming you with their opinions in the coming days . . . Do this. Not that. You gotta pump every…
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Jesus Met Me in the Delivery Room
Jesus met me in the delivery room. Right there, lying on that bed. I wasn’t in a fancy church on a Sunday morning (I mean, I was wearing a hospital gown and not…
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I Prayed For You
I prayed for you. Right there, as they laid you on my chest for the first time. The craziness of everything else going on in the room–it did not matter. Whatever the doctor…
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Soon She Won’t be the Baby Anymore
Soon she won’t be the baby of the house anymore. I honestly have no idea how she’s going to take it (although I assume there will be some jealousy). She’s my second kid,…
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Intrusive Thoughts While Pregnant
*Trigger Warning: Thoughts about pregnancy loss. I have anxiety and I struggle with intrusive thoughts from time to time. Intrusive thoughts can happen to anyone, really, but they seem to be more prevalent…
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My Kids’ Salvation is Not All Up to Me
My kids’ salvation is not all up to me. (Hear me out here, okay?) I had this realization lately, and let me tell you, it’s definitely put my mind at ease and lifted…
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He Makes a Mama in 40 Weeks
Forty. It’s a number that has significance in the Bible. God sent rain for 40 days and 40 nights while Noah and his family hunkered down on the ark. The Israelites wandered around…
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You’re the First, So I Don’t Know What I’m Doing
“All these other moms have it figured out. You’re my first, so I don’t know what I’m doing!” I said it with a chuckle to my 5-year-old as he gave me a suggestion…
