rejoicing during the waves and turbulence.
I have had a lot of time the past few days to reflect on the first three months of motherhood. If I could sum them up into one word, it would be "purposeful." My young adult years have been full of championing others to fulfill their kingdom purpose instead of their earthly potential, yet [...]
On a recent episode of This Is Us, Randall reminded his wife of their newborn days; "Tess self-soothed from two weeks old. Annie was sleeping ten hours a night from infancy. Remember how other parents would talk about their sleepless nights and their terrible babies? Remember how we used to have to fake it? What [...]
It's crazy to think that the first time I held this precious little soul was an entire month ago. It feels like both just yesterday and twenty years ago, at the same time. I realize now that my post about his birth story was more about how we didn't die and my messy start to [...]
I could go on and on and on and on and on about how I imagined starting this post. The expectations and fantasy of it were laughable now that I realize I'm not the mom I imagined I would be. I'm not the worst mom, but I am not the mom the pregnant me dreamed [...]
Anchors & Planes 