I'm sitting here watching the news about the devastation in Oklahoma—both yesterday and today. I spent most of my childhood in Oklahoma. Both my brothers and many of my friends live in the Oklahoma City metro area. I also have friends and family in Shawnee. When the footage rolls across the screen, I'm choking back tears. I breathed a sigh of relief as I scrolled through my Facebook feed, thankful to find out all my family and friends were safe. In times like this, we want to know why. ... [Read More]
{Five Minute Friday} Song
It's Five Minute Friday time. This week's prompt is song. I have no idea where it will lead me. But here goes ... GO All my life has been defined by songs. The first song I sang in church alone: "I Am a Promise." The song we sang as a family: "You're Something Special." The song my brothers and I sang as children: "Kids Under Construction." The song I cried through in 3rd grade while standing in front of my grandfather's church: "Mountaintop." The song my parents ... [Read More]
Dear Weary Mom, We’ll Make It!
Oh girl!! I wish you were here with me right now. I'm on my third cup of coffee and fighting a monster of a headache. This morning I managed {barely!} to keep my cool when my 13-going-on-25 year old daughter yelled at me because her hair wouldn't go into a ponytail the way she wanted. As I brushed through the tangled mess of hair, she cried and I wanted to. We've had more bad days than good lately, this girl and her mom. She snaps at me and I want to snap back {I do snap back more than ... [Read More]
We ALL Have a Part in Freedom’s Story
This child? This girl all to quickly turning to woman? I look at her and she takes my breath away. She is funny. She is bright. She is the very best kind of friend. She loves big and lives big. She's passionate and creative. She dances and she cheers. And every day I get to drive her to school and pick her up and listen to the stories of middle school boys who act like like middle school boys and middle school girls who act like middle school girls. At night she kisses me quick and ... [Read More]
Women like this …
Women like this ... unashamed of their realness, willing to bare all and to come alongside others. confident not in themselves but in Christ who is their strength. honest, transparent, funny, creative, beautiful. mothers, wives, daughters, sisters, friends—so many hats, all worn with grace. bloggers, writers, designers, teachers. Women like this ... Godly women who are living out Titus 2 and Proverbs 31. who seek wisdom. who yearn for stillness. who love the Lord. who ... [Read More]
Motherhood Requires Sisterhood {why we can’t do this alone}
"Don't take it personally," my wise friend told me. We'd been talking about the challenges of parenting teenagers and I was picking her brain since her girls are older than my own. "You've taught her well. Trust that," said the mom I called when I was terrified I'd failed in spiritually training my daughter. Here's the deal: we need each other! Motherhood is a full contact sport and it demands more than we ever have to give. Join me today on the Allume blog and let's chat about why ... [Read More]
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