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Continue reading →: Trusting God Through Life’s Twists and Turns(This article originally appeared on MomQ.org.) My oldest daughter had lived at eight addresses by the time she started Kindergarten. That’s a lot of boxes, packing tape, and paperwork. It’s a lot of dusting off old things and a lot of finding new things (dentists and banks, and a new…
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Continue reading →: In Process: Grace in Every Moment of Parenting(This article originally appeared on MomQ.org.) Parenting is hard enough work without all the messaging that we’re not doing it good enough. And the Internet promises we can do better if we just try harder. Here are “ten ways you can eliminate clutter and have a peaceful home.” Here are “seven ways to…
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Continue reading →: What Kind of Editing Do I Need?Probably when most people think of editing, they think of punctuation and typos. What most people want an editor to do is give their manuscript a quick read and catch any spelling errors or missing commas. And if that’s all an editor does, why not just use Grammarly or the…
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Continue reading →: Finding Margin in the Everyday(This post originally appeared on MomQ.org) As summer break wraps up and a new school year starts, I’m looking forward to getting back into a routine. I love summer. I love the energy the kids bring to the house during the day. I love the fun things summer has to…
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Continue reading →: What Do I Do With Anxious Thoughts?(This post originally appeared on MomQ.org) If I’m being honest, often, in times of waiting or when my prayers seem to go unanswered, I find my heart leaning toward worry. When I focus on the desired outcome or my perceived lack of response from God, I’m prone to anxious thoughts.…
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Continue reading →: How the Gospel Helps Us Make Forgiveness a Regular Rhythm in Our Homes(This post appeared on the MomQ.Org blog.) Moms, how many times a week do you say this phrase? “Say you’re sorry.” If there is more than one person living in your house, then there is conflict. And when there is conflict, there is the need to apologize and repair the…
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Continue reading →: A Messy Refinement: How to Refocus When You Feel Defeated as a Parent(This post appeared on the MomQ.org blog.) There’s no denying that parenting can be messy. Sometimes it’s a literal mess. Like when your two-year-old draws on the wall with crayons. Or when your toddler grabs his dirty diaper and swings it around his head like a lasso. (This happened to…
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Continue reading →: Helping Your Kids Give the Best Gifts this ChristmasI wrote this post a few years ago but never published it. Our church is in the middle of a series called, “Rewrapping Christmas,” and we’ve been challenged to give a different kind of gift this year – a gift of time, a gift of being present with your family,…
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Continue reading →: Light at the End of the TunnelSometimes you feel like everything keeps piling higher and higher and you convince yourself you will never again see the light of day. There will never be an end to the pile of laundry. The home improvements will never get done. You will never be able to dig out of…
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Continue reading →: When Your Child’s Diagnosis is, “We Don’t Know…”Be honest. You know without a shadow of a doubt that your child is the smartest, cutest, funniest, fill-in-the-blank-est kid in the world, right? Of course, you do. How do I know? Because so is my kid. Every parent knows their own child—their flawless offspring—is the next Einstein. The next…
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