Friends, Last night, I sat in a friend’s family room. Shoes kicked off, no makeup, kids interrupting kind of conversation. We caught each other up on the past few days, laughing about the chaos of motherhood, when the conversation shifted, as it often does. She’s the kind of friend you laugh with until your sides ache, but also the one who rolls up her sleeves and climbs into the trenches with you. We’ve weathered so much together these last few years. She stood beside me through some of my...

Hello friends, How can it be that we are welcoming September? If you’re anything like me, you’re left wondering, how did summer slip away so quickly? Each year, time seems to quicken its pace, rushing past no matter how tightly I try to hold it. Even when I lean in fully, soaking up every moment, it still vanishes—like a vapor, a breath, an instant —and it's gone. And yet, this September is slightly different. It carries a weight because it's the reminder that a year since my mom left this...

Welcome Friend, I'm so glad you're here. How has God been working in your life the last few weeks? I've seen God's handy work so slightly that I might have missed it without paying attention. I'll admit I easily dwell on the things going wrong rather than right—you know, focusing more on what God should be doing than He is doing. This past weekend, among the dying of eggs, meal prepping, and attending Easter service, I witnessed the redeeming power of our God. To redeem means to make an...