Category: Mom Life
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Happy Birthday Phoebe, today you would have been 4
To our Phoebe,Today you would have been 4 years old. I’m thankful that you made me a #girlmomI’m thankful that you made me a fighter Your loss made me cling to Jesus more and not spiral into depression and pain. I’m thankful that you made me more forthright and open to the world of grief…
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Big changes are here, the boys are going to school!
It’s nearly impossible to get a photo of kids looking the same direction but that’s ok. Why? Because it’s the carpet I’m going to talk about. It’s a new road ahead for our boys. Tomorrow they begin extended school year IN PERSON. They have been doing school online for over a year. Isaac will be…
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Mother’s Day 2021- Bittersweet & Beautiful
This year on Mother’s Day, I was able to spend time with all of my kids. We went down to visit our first baby girl, Phoebe at the infant cemetery in Holy Sepulcher cemetery. When we drove into It was a very full, more than I’ve ever seen. Many many people were visiting their moms…
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Fix it! Renewing Your Mind God’s Way: Part 1
I’m so excited to begin a series on Philipians 4:8. We’re going to focusing on ALL THE GOOD THINGS!! Why is this important? This past season has been rough on of all us on a global level. We’ve been emotionally worn down through grief, trauma and quarantine. News doesn’t help us too much wither. Honestly…
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Isaac and Autism- 3 years later
I can’t believe it’s been 3 years since Isaac began ABA (his 5 hours of therapy 5x a week). He’s been doing this same program for 3 years, 900 hours in total. He’s not even 6 yet. Having special needs kids, it can become easy to focus on the grief, and difficulty that come along…
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Open heart- talking to kids about Autism
I recently had the opportunity to answer questions for a elementary school class about Autism. They had excellent well thought out questions and a question I knew would be there was: “If you could take autism away from your child, would you?” My answer is no. Isaac is almost 6 and Luke is 4and has…
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To Phoebe, today you would have been 3
Three years. Three years since you were here oh so briefly and gone even quicker. Three years when the stars fell from the sky and nothing made sense anymore. I hated myself, my body for failing at doing what it was built for. I had survivors guilt, trauma and so much emotional pain I had…
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National rainbow baby day
This is our rainbow baby girl Hope. It’s funny today is #nationalrainbowbabyday and Phoebes birthday/passing is coming up this week. This year feels different. No day goes bye that I don’t want her here with us, but I feel like little by little seeds of strength are being grown into Oaks of resilience. This week…
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Living a new kind of normal
Fun fact- I was recently ordained in April but du to COVID the official ceremony has been postponed. I had the privilege of writing a blog for my Church this weekend and I wanted to share it with you. Masks, no masks, COVID numbers, unemployment, all of these things can feel absolutely overwhelming. Recently I…
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National Loving Day
Today is a very special day for my family. National Loving Day is the anniversary of the Supreme Court removing state bans on interracial marriage. This occurred in 1967. Read that again, 1967. Mildred and Richard Loving were married in 1957 in Washington D.C. and that evening when they went home to Virginia they were…
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