Your Empty Room
/Today I walked by your bedroom door and peeked in, out of habit I suppose. I saw your neatly made bed and your empty desk. I saw the closet holding just a few remnants. The things you didn’t need for college.
Read MoreWhat do you see when you look at this house?
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I ran the tape gun over the last box, pulled it tight, and cut it. I smoothed the tape and wrote with my black sharpie: Memories.
Read MoreAbout That Time I Jumped Out of an Airplane
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I don’t have a bucket list. But if I did, jumping out of an airplane wouldn’t be on it.
Read MoreA Mother's Dangerous Prayer
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These aren’t just words that look good on a Pinterest board of inspirational quotes. It’s a prayer that makes me tremble.
Read MoreWhy I Made My Kids Buy Their Own Food
/Originally published on Money Saving Mom
It was nearing dinner time, and the question kept drifting through the kitchen… “Mom, what’s for dinner?”
My answer was met with varying degrees of dissatisfaction. I was growing really frustrated when suddenly, I had an epiphany!
“I’m not buying groceries, or cooking at all next week!” I announced…
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College Drop Off 2020
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Hey, Mama’s doing college drop off… I’m sending you all the love and a little encouragement!
Dear Young Momma,
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Walking through WalMart, I passed a large Barbie display with this broadside banner, “I can be anything!” There were Barbies of all kinds, dressed according to their chosen professions: pilots, doctors, lawyers, athletes and more. I didn’t see a “Mommy” doll.
Read MoreGet a Life!
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Though it seems that, when they were young, I was their life, now that they’re grown, they are my life. Elizabeth Stone could not have been more accurate when she said: “Making the decision to have a child - it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”
Read MoreLegacy of a Rich Man
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Today, my daddy would have turned 88 years old. A little over 3 years ago, he shed his earthly, broken vessel in exchange for a glorious new body. The day he went to heaven, I found out through a text from my brother. It said simply, “Daddy is dancing with Jesus.” I love to think of him that way still.
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