Why, hello there, friends. It’s been a little while since I have shown up in this space. Summer has been, well, somewhere between relaxing and crazy. OK, who am I kidding? It has been crazy all the way. I am crazy. My kids are crazy. We have no hope of relaxation when we spend a majority of our time together….
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Finding Peace in the Storm
6 Things I Learned in May
It is hard to believe the time has come to bid farewell to the beautiful month of May. Actually, there is no love lost here because it has been an insane month. December has nothing on May. (Am I right, moms?!?) Before we get too caught up in the heat of summer, however, I must take a few moments to record…
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Currently
Here I sit, tissues and hand sanitizer at the ready, thanks to an inconsiderate virus that my dear son shared with me. Illness has little concern for the fact that school gets out for the summer next week, and it is my busy season of concerts, festivals, awards ceremonies, and parties. Ain’t nobody got time for that! But the kids are…
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Breathing is Easier When I Have Air
It had been a rough night. Spending the night in the hospital is always rough. But when pneumonia lasts for two weeks and does not get better with antibiotics at home, the hospital is the safest option. So there we were. All night long, my daughter tried to sleep. Between fits of coughing and visits from the nurse to check…
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A Few Questions I’ve Been Asking Myself Lately
The mercury here in Phoenix is inching up to 100 degrees, reminding me that summer is right around the corner. It feels like I was living through the whole high school graduation thing a few weeks ago, yet here I am again. Soon, we will be saying goodbye to son number two. Life is getting away from me. We are…
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This is What Motherhood Really is
There is something you should know about me. I am not a Pinterest mom. When I scroll through my Pinterest feed, I see a whole lot of ideas for adorable DIY projects that I will never attempt because adorable and DIY are not part of my genetic makeup. Also, I see list after list of things I apparently MUST do to…
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What it is Really Like to Be a Missionary Mom
My eldest son has been serving as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the past nine months. He left shortly after his high school graduation last summer to spend two years in Hawaii teaching and loving the Marshallese people there. (He learned to speak Marshallese before heading across the ocean.) Because a mission requires intense focus,…
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