Joyfully Shine & Bend

joyfully shine and bend

A dense cloak of darkness, fog, and incessant rainfall obscured visibility. Dangerous hazards made navigation treacherous. Then in the distance, a small beacon of light emerged. Inching forward, its increasing presence provided the necessary guidance safely home. As parents, we need to joyfully shine and bend. Parenting can sometimes feel like a dark and stormy …

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Joyful Guardrails

joyful guardrails

What’s your greatest joy? My children and being their mom brings me more joy than anything else in life. But joy is not the only feeling that comes with parenting. There’s also worry, frustration, fear, even anger blended with the love and joy we experience as parents. We need to be joyful guardrails. Choosing joy …

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Why We Need to Surrender

why we need to surrender

I love how God plants similar thoughts with different people. Last week, I noticed a friend’s post about letting go and receiving what we truly need.  I immediately agreed to her sentiment of surrender = freedom. Wait, what?  It’s the opposite of what we think and want. We want to hold on, clutch what is …

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Letting Go in Mom Transitions

letting go

We all need to learn from others who have gone before us. I’m so thrilled to share my friend Christa Hutchins’ words of wisdom today in our letting go series for all of us Moms with a bit of anxiety as we let go of our kids… “Fall” is a relative term below the Mason-Dixon …

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Change of Plans

change of plans

There’s been a change of plans. Sometimes it happens to us and other times, we need to let go to change. But letting go takes trust and courage, which I don’t always possess. Holding onto what we love or are comfortable with is easier. Letting go requires faith in something new or trusting in someone …

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