And just like that the 2025-2026 school year started and Shannon is in Kindergarten baby( bonus points if you know that referenceđ)! In many ways that feeling “how did that happen?” is present. And yet I am also finding myself very much enjoying this season and grateful it’s arrived. A summary on motherhood for me: … More Welcome Kindergarten!
A very distinct childhood memory is of driving home all together in the family car, in the evenings, listening to 97.1 soft rock from 70s, 80s, 90s and today. It is so vivid I can close my eyes and get back there instantly. Some of us asleep, but I was always leaning on the window … More Driving through the Decades
Two things can be true at the same time. A life lesson we all seem to learn at some point or maybe you are more like me and need to learn it over and over again? Over the last 4 years it has been a truth that has followed me a lot. In fact I … More Two Truths Can Exist at the Same Time
Good or badâŚ. Good or badâŚ. This is the filter through which I viewed my world. From the big things: was that reaction to my daughter or compromised husband – good or bad? To the little details of the day: extra cup of coffee- good or bad? When I say everything, I mean everything. Towards … More 2024: Gentle
This summer I learned an incredibly helpful parenting tool from Jami Nato. When your kids are in a calm and peaceful place, ask them âwhen do I love you? When youâre good or when youâre bad?â And my guess is most kiddos will respond âwhen I am good?â That seems like the right answer, but … More Do I love you when youâre good or when youâre bad?
Dear Shannon, A few Saturdays ago war broke out in the middle east. This area, the “Holy Land”, has been tormented for centuries by battles for ownership, power, and control. In fact one of your favorite pre-bedtime rituals is to watch these old Bible Stories for kids on YouTube and one of the preferred stories … More Dear Shannon, In the Midst of Battles, Stand in Faith
This past week included picture day at Shannonâs school. The first feeling about picture days are: these are the moments I dreamt about. The parenting milestones that remind you of who God has given you to steward. Before I knew her I wondered what she would like look⌠who she would be. Then when that … More Did you pack a napkin? Picture Day 2023
This school year Shannon is a âyellow jacketâ: in a class for 3-4 year olds. And it is the first time itâs actually feeling a lot like school and not just daycare. The core group of kids she has been with since the 17 month class were divided up between two classes and this has … More 2023-2024 School Year & Bible Quote
Recently I posed a question to myself: âwhy are the exact things that used to propel me forward or motivate me to keep going the very things that are destroying me?â If you canât tell raw honesty was what I was looking for in this reflective moment. I am not destroyed, but that is what … More Pivot to the Truth
When I started to learn about bloggging a Mommy blogger talked about how she wanted so badly to have a place to write out her experiences as a mom right in this moment, because she wishes she could hear her momâs voice from specific moments. Every family and every individual has a set of stories … More Motherâs Day 2023
Have A Little Faith in We 