What it means to Be me, Bravely

What it means to Be me, Bravely

  In a world that screams what I should be, how I should look, what I should wear and how I should spend my time, this is what I choose to believe: I believe that I am…. …made for great things. For rocking babies, holding friends’ hands, praying on behalf of...
Does She Know She’s Beautiful

Does She Know She’s Beautiful

She’s wearing her hair in a side braid today. It falls over her left shoulder. At risk of sounding cliché, I swear she grew taller last night. Her neon yellow shorts accentuate how her legs are almost as long as mine, those legs that were formed in the darkness,...
A new website – same ole me

A new website – same ole me

A year and a half ago I had a book come out. A book that was my story where I tried to let women know they are not alone in the difficult parts of life and mothering. I figured some people would read and want to connect with me. And so I needed a place for them to...

Teaching My Children to Be Brave

It was one of those days when the details weren’t unfolding as I’d planned. But with each turn, I tried to make the best. Half way through the day I found myself having lunch with three of my four beauties at a Chick-fil-A while our minivan’s tire was replaced. Every...

The presence of fear is not the absence of courage, it is the soil of it.

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Walking in the Shadows of Heroes

Sometimes travel takes you to sacred ground, a place you don’t realize is part of you until you arrive. This is a story of one of those places. Where this American girl knew her history was interwoven with the world’s history. From the section Legacy, chapter Heroes...

Atlas Girl: A Book From Emily Wierenga

It is a true treat to get a preview of something the world will love. That was the case with Emily Wierenga’s new book Atlas Girl: Finding Home in the Last Place I Thought to Look that releases today. Emily and I have crossed paths in real life and writing life (you...