I’ve watched the leaves turn from green to gold year after year, but yesterday, I noticed something I never had before. I was walking through our little German town with my head tilted back slightly, enchanted by the warm colors above me and by the heat of the afternoon sun met by a brisk breath… Read More Shifting Seasons
Some might call it a bad habit, but the easiest, most effective way to put my son to sleep is for me to nurse him and watch as his blinking slowly conceals his bright eyes and the purest peace washes over his sweet, soft face. I love lying next to him when my otherwise very… Read More The Price Of Being Present
As the end of the day slowly rolled around, I tried to think of ways to bridge the gap between dinner time and bed time. My husband was away on a trip and I had already been on three walks with my little boy to pass the time that day. I decided on a bath,… Read More These Are The Days
We are everywhere. We’re at the park, at the grocery store. We’re in the office, in the car. We’re at birthday parties, choir concerts, swimming pools and soccer games. We’re in the kitchen, the rocking chair and sometimes, we’re even in the shower. We are Mom. I haven’t belonged to this elite club for long,… Read More We Are Mom
To the Momma with a miracle inside: You’re probably trying to piece together the images of motherhood you have in your mind, wondering what the empty canvas of your upcoming season will look like once the colors of the life you’re currently carrying splash onto it. Maybe you picture yourself sitting in your favorite chair… Read More There Will Be Days
Motherhood has taken me to places I never imagined I would end up going. I certainly never pictured myself walking out of my own birthday party in hopes that a stroller ride might put my tired baby to sleep, who had already managed to stay up for two hours past his bedtime. I felt a… Read More Oh, The Places You’ll Go
Love and beauty. Two of the world’s most powerful forces. They transcend our understanding and cause us to use up all of our comprehendible words, still feeling as if we have yet to have said enough. Love and beauty possess the cunning ability to stop anyone in their tracks, to unexpectedly grip even the hardest… Read More Oh, For The Love Of Beauty
Bringing a child into the world seems like a piece of cake compared to the task of assisting that person in becoming the amazing human being he was born to be. Still, there’s something about being woken up by a happy baby flapping his arms each morning that makes every day feel like a fresh… Read More Room to Grow
My little boy doesn’t know how to express his joy in any way but with every fiber of his being. When he laughs, he throws back his head, smiles as wide as his cheeks will let him, and shows his two, new, pearly whites as he lets out little bursts of gleeful squeals. Maybe he’s… Read More Nothing Less Than Wholehearted
I myself was never a recipient, but I’ve heard several stories of women getting looks of compassion in response to sharing the news that they were pregnant. I did, however, hear the phrase “Sleep while you can!” multiple times in the months leading up to Ellis’ birth. Other remarks consisted of, “Enjoy your freedom while… Read More Yes, We Can
