Life has been rather chaotic around here lately. I would love to say that things are smooth and I have adjusted to life with five children, but the reality is that life with a newborn is rarely ever smooth! There are constant bumps in the road, and every time you start to get into a groove, something major changes and you have to readjust all…
Category: Motherhood
Why Choose Motherhood?
As a young woman, I never personally questioned whether or not I wanted children. I looked forward to marriage and motherhood with an excited longing, even in my teen years. Thankfully, this desire was balanced with a pretty high standard for what I was looking for in a husband, so I didn’t rush into mothering just for the sake of it, but I digress… Lately…
Priorities, Goals, and Passions
Earlier this week, I wrote a list of confessions I called, “10 Confessions of a Super Mom.” I wrote it in response to a few comments I’ve received lately, as well as all the comments I get in passing from random strangers (“I could never do that!”). Because the truth is, no one is Super Mom, and at the same time, we all are. We are…
10 Confessions of a “Super Mom”!
Hahaha… I’m chuckling as I write this. I’ve recently had a few people comment on how amazing it is that I can parent 5 kids and homeschool them, or have home births, or something like that. So I wanted to take a lighter look at my life as a busy mom. I give you 10 Confessions of a “Super Mom”… 10. I do NOT…
Introducing Our New Addition!
I’m currently laying in bed next to our beautiful little baby boy, Micah Jonathan. He was born last night, and now I’m going to write my final birth story. **Warning, following is the birth story of our little Micah. There is some typical birth-style graphic content.** Well, first of all, our birth journey – like all journeys – didn’t start here. It started 9 months…
Embracing Simplicity
Last week I did something I never thought I’d do – I drove to Washington with my 4 kids, 34 weeks pregnant, without Mark. I was missing a good friend, and the time away sounded like exactly what I needed before this baby makes his appearance. The trip was fantastic – the kids were content during the drive and I managed to stay awake with…
The Closing of a Chapter
This week marks the closing of a chapter of my life. My husband is getting a vasectomy. For the past 8 years, my life has been consumed by motherhood. And this has been one of the greatest blessings I have ever known! Through my children, I have learned so much about myself and grown in character more than I ever would have imagined possible. For…
Working on Being a Servant Mother
Over the past several years of parenting, no one has had a greater influence on my parenting heart than Sally Clarkson. Though I’ve never met her, I feel a kinship with her. Though she is a generation older than me, her past struggles are the ones I work through every day. I know, so mushy! But it’s totally true. I can’t tell you how many…
The Great Priority Challenge
Priorities. Seems like a common thread running through so many of my thoughts over the past several months. So often I come to the end of the day or week and find myself unsettled about the way my priorities have been stacked those past days. I realize that the bulk of my time had been spent doing things with no eternal value- surfing Facebook, Pinterest,…
Wrapping up 2012
What a year 2012 has been! We began the year in our home in Washington, enjoying the snowy winter (including a 10-inch snowfall and power loss!). In March, life changed dramatically when Mark lost his job and we felt God tell us it was time to move to Idaho. What a huge and fast change for our family! In 3 weeks time we had completely…