Please take note that this post may be offensive to some. I am not a perfect Christian and my children aren't perfect either.  We all walk our walks. I want to be real and I also want to walk out my faith.  No matter how we feel about this subject and the  expletives used, we all use them--we make up a word or use one already abundantly spoken. In a previous post I talked about how I don’t cuss unless I actually try--and how pathetic that is. My husband thinks it's hilarious! The subject ... VIEW POST

I love to laugh.  It’s my favorite past time.  It is good for the soul. I laugh when I’m happy, scared, nervous or on a terrifying amusement park ride. My husband and children find me in a crowd listening for my laugh. My brother’s friend once told him how much he liked being around me because I made him feel like he was funny.  “She’s that way with everyone,” he said. So much for comedic encouragement. But there have been seasons of my life void of laughter.  Tears mostly. ... VIEW POST

It’s interesting to me that we so rarely give ourselves the permission to be human.  Too often we feel we’re not enough, or that we’re too much. We never do enough, get enough done or balance our lives as well as we think we should.   I was having a conversation today about guilt and what we do with that as mothers.  My friend said, “I take comfort in knowing that I am not enough. I will never be enough.”  Her acknowledgement leads her to God who supplies forgiveness and peace for all her ... VIEW POST