Making a summer bucket list has been a tradition in our family since our boys were two and four. This year marks our 5th Annual Summer Bucket List! We first got our idea from our friends who created The Happy Family Movement, Josh and Jenny Solar. We've found it to be an awesome way to stay intentional during the summer. The boys look forward to make a new list each spring and I love ...
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MOTHER’S DAY WITHOUT A MOM
...or at least the mom you deserved. I used to not mind this day at all. When I was still in contact with my mother I'd send a card or letter that I had beautifully written about how thankful I was for her. I was writing those words to the mother I wanted, deserved, yearned for but that mother didn't actually exist. I realized later it was another way to protect my heart and my psyche. Another ...
NERF GUN WARS
When you shoot your momma square in the forehead with a Nerf gun and you can't even. This kid laughs with his whole body and I can't get enough of it. ...
THE JOURNEY AND AFTERMATH OF NO-CONTACT
My father molested me throughout my childhood. Even after I told my mom about it. I was in third grade and after it happened again while I was "sleeping", he got in the shower. I knew I had time to make it up the stairs before he got out but the creaky stairs went right over the bathroom. I was tired of feeling the guilt and the shame which sat in my stomach and chest like boulders. I so ...
MORNING ADVENTURES
Wes and I went adventuring this morning. It was beautiful. That is all. ...
EVERYTHING IS ART, RIGHT?
We all are missing our home church and so I tried to figure out what exactly I could do to have a piece of it here. We sang the Doxology at the beginning of every service and so this art was born. You guys, I really loved it before I painted on the words. The letters, however, are so wonky, so misshapen, so not awesome. I attempted a stencil cut with my Silhouette and failed so badly with the ...