Ok, it is 4 am…I am away from my children, it is quiet, it is dark, and spent 12 hours in the car today, and I am wide awake pondering the meaning of transparency. Why am I not sleeping?? This is like dreams for mom’s all over the world?? God, could you just shut my… Continue reading Saturday in Iowa
Brave Beyond
I am standing witness to a horrible car crash, thats what it feels like, watching my friend speed head on into a collision and being so unsure if she will come out on the other side. I stand, I watch, I pray, but the reality of it is, every aspect of the incident is out… Continue reading Brave Beyond
quiet time
Something dawned on me just now, I sit down every day during nap time in my bed- getting three small children to nap at the same time but when the stars align I usually have about 2 hours for myself. Sometimes that means I nap, sometimes I have to hold a baby, but most of… Continue reading quiet time
Laugh or Cry
A is a beacon of common sense and problem solving- much like her momma- but also like her momma her solutions are not always the most sensible option. She doesn't like to ask for assistance (again no idea where she got that ) so her solutions are most often the ones that require no help… Continue reading Laugh or Cry
What is your number
I read something that leaves me a little mind blown. Job 14:5. I read it and applied it to the last few months and I was just totally taken back. Here I had been traveling around the world thinking I understood how the world works, and this verse just paused my life for a minute.5 You… Continue reading What is your number
Squeal
Sometimes life gets exciting, and for one momma squirrel (pronounced Squeal by the little people) it was a little to exciting, but I bet her little man came home with lots of stories of the crazy world he explored !! I happen to look out the window to see my friend stopped in the middle… Continue reading Squeal
Things I learned today
Okay so I have mentioned a time or too I am working on this minimalism project...here is something I learned about myself today that I am sure my husband already knew. I am a glass bottle hoarder... for real..if the bottle is cool I will keep it, I think at one point I had this… Continue reading Things I learned today
Losing my religion
Momma in the mess. We have all been there right? You post a picture of a beautiful sleeping baby and what a blessing that baby is, and all the other moms in the world just rolled their eyes at you...look at her? why isn't my baby sleeping ? or crawling or whatever milestone we are… Continue reading Losing my religion
School Drop off
School drop off and pick up lines are a popular discussion, these days the complaints are many, the line doesn't move fast enough, there are 5 million people in line, it takes an hour, etc..... Admit it, you clicked this because you thought I was about to stand on my soap box and hate on… Continue reading School Drop off
100 days to brave
I have been struggling to write lately for a lot of different reasons but today I felt like I just needed to open my computer..... Sometimes I never know where this story will lead so welcome to this adventure through my mind this morning!! I have great friends- I mean I could say that a… Continue reading 100 days to brave
Camp Run-A-Muk 