This year, let’s make Mother’s Day different. Let’s make it all about us, but in a very different way.

After all, who has time to pursue God in the midst of crying babies, messy spaces, and husbands vying with children for attention?

I come to this battle armed with phrases like “unfair-mental-load”, “I-never-get-a-break” and “you-just-don’t-understand.” But friends, I have been fighting the wrong enemy.

We tip-toed backwards and shut the door. When I lifted my eyes, my son stood waiting. Could it be a worried look on his face?

Dear daughter, I never knew if I would write this letter to you. Yet here I am, swaying back and forth before this screen, you strapped tightly to me, nuzzled against my chest as I listen to your soft breathing. And out come these words I have held within me for so long, never knowing […]

Our trip helped me to reconsider two very big aspects of our family life. Space and technology. The over abundance of both could be slowly killing us. We went home with these 4 big take-aways.