“When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and get discouraged, I love and I hate, I feel bad about feeling good, I feel guilty about not feeling guilty. I am trusting and suspicious. I am honest and I still play games. Aristotle said …
Settling into Motherhood: Training Up A Child In The Way He Should Go
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. – Proverbs 22:6 NKJV *removes halo* I promise you, for the entire 38.2 weeks I was pregnant with K, anytime someone would mention this scripture in an effort to give me parenting advice, …
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The Amazing Sunflower Story
I woke upon Monday morning a bundle of mixed emotions. I was tired and in pain as usual. (Thank you, Fibromyalgia). But I was hopeful and determined because I was launching a new company (check out NewSeason Books). I was disturbed by some things that had transpired the week before when I'd been used and …
Grace Muscles and Confessions (Happy New Year!)
Jesus loves me. This I know. 2013 was what some would call a roller coaster year for me. There were high moments (signing two book deals, five years of marriage, finishing my novel trilogy, baby girl counting to 20), times when I felt like I could just throw my hands up in the air, let …
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MyBrownBaby – Grace for the Ignorant: The Jesus I Want My Daughter to Know
Umm, yeah. Crazy. I love Jesus. I do. And I want to teach my daughter to love Jesus, too. I want her to meet this awesome Power that has literally changed my life. I want her to know that her being an intellectual, a critical thinker, is not, in any way, at war with her …
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