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Day 31 :: For your Weekend- Links to wrap it up
I always finish off these October series feeling relieved but also energized. This is the fifth year I’ve participated in this writing challenge and it’s also the first year that I had absolutely nothing written in advance. I had some post titles and a few random thoughts, but that was about it. And I was a little apprehensive about how…
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Day 30:: We are pilgrims together
My daughters, The lessons I’ve shared with you are just a drop in the bucket compared to the number of things that I want you to know. Life is full of joys and sorrows, and nothing I can say could ever fully prepare you for the road that lies ahead. But I can offer you Jesus. The One who has…
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Day 29 :: Remember Who You Are
Today I have the privilege of introducing you to my husband, Bradley. He is a wonderful husband and a loving and patient father to our children. I am incredibly thankful that he is the Daddy to my girls (and Mason). He teaches and loves them well. Bradley wrote a beautiful letter to our girls. One that I hope they will…
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Day 28 :: Guard your heart
“Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” Proverbs 4:23 When I was a teenager this verse became my mantra as it pertained to relationships with guys. I didn’t want to ‘give my heart away’ or become emotionally attached to anyone that I didn’t think I could potentially marry. While I’m confident that the Lord used…
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Day 27 :: Guest Post: Choosing to love those who are different
Today I want to introduce to you to my friend Callie. I first met Callie the day after we moved into our apartment in Monterey, when she and her husband invited us over for dinner. Callie (and her husband) loved us well from the beginning. Gifts have randomly appeared on my doorstep over the years, and in the mail, and…
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Day 26 :: The Exhausting work of love
Loving others like we love ourselves is a pretty high calling. One that I struggle with on a daily basis. It’s even hard to love my husband in this way, the one I committed my life to and vowed to love. And my children? I would give my life for them in a heartbeat. But what about when they disobey,…
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Day 25 :: A Sunday Prayer
“Think of others before yourself.” This is an often-repeated phrase in our household. Maybe my kids roll their eyes when they hear it, but it’s something that we want to become a fiber of their being. We want them to treat others as they would want to be treated, yes. But before they can do that, they must truly value others.…
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Day 24 :: For Your Weekend – Links on Loving Well
If anyone that I know loves well it is this boy. He knows no stranger. He smiles and lights up any room he enters. He adores his sisters. He can’t get enough of his Grandparents when we Face Time. His favorite person to love? His Daddy. And he misses him like crazy right now. While I finished making dinner last…
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Day 23 :: Love, think of others first, give unconditionally
The number of lessons I want to teach my children is innumerable. Because we’re all learners. Regardless of how old we might be or how many life experiences we’ve collected along the way, there is always more knowledge to gain and ways that we could grow. Over the next few days I want to spend some time on lessons for my…
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Day 22 :: Slips aren’t just for Grandmothers
“Mommy, that lady’s dress is really short.” My then 4 year old said this to me as we were pulling out of the parking lot at church one Sunday morning and it completely floored me. I didn’t remember ever talking with her about dress length, so the fact that she would comment on it was powerful to me. I had…
