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Applying oneself
The calendar rolled around to February, and it happened. That thing I knew was coming all along, and yet, it still hit me hard in my chest and found that vulnerable Momma place that mixes fear with...
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When she goes
We are weeks away now. She’s leaving. And although she’ll be back, although we know this is just for a short season, we all also know that the simple act of not being here for a time will change...
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The weight
It’s been almost agonizing, watching the box at the foot of her bed fill with sheets, spiral notebooks, wool socks. Bit by bit, the elements of my daughter’s life are being distilled into the...
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When I Left…
When I left it was difficult, there’s no way around that. But just how hard? Getting on the plane was just an act, but the good-byes were much more emotional. By getting on that plane, I left my family...
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The message in the music
We have a tradition in our house. Clean-up after dinner is the teens’ job. So we do it to music. Loud music. Every night, until tidying is done, we can be found belting out tobyMac, Hawk Nelson,...
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The Long and Short of It
Do I agree with them all the time? Of course not. We are 15 separate human beings, of varying lives and faith. We each have our own story: one of how God got us to where we are now, whether we want to...
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Safe above saved
I knew it would come, knew she would say it before her time in Idaho was up: “I might stay, Momma. I hear God saying something, but I’m not sure what it is yet. Maybe it’s stay.” You may have asked...
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Babita’s song
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life. —Proverbs 13:12 We are waiting right now. Waiting, again. Seems like so much of life is lived in the grey area of leaving one...
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Perfectly imperfect
Dear lady standing next to me at the public bathroom sink, Yes, I have an issue, and it’s called OCD. The chemical misfires in my brain tell me that if I don’t wash my hands exactly as prescribed by...
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A mother’s prayer
I’ve prayed for countless things over the years that have, literally, brought me to my knees. Some of those things seem silly now, but others are just as looming, just as urgent. But the biggest of all...
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The road to Dayton
Last month, Mathaus and I traveled to Dayton, TN, to attend Bryan College‘s open house for homeschoolers. It’s the first college he’s shown an interest in, and I can’t blame him. They have exactly what...
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When plans change
Plans can change, right? We all know this. And yet, when the idea crosses our minds that maybe, just maybe, God is changing the direction in which we are headed, we’re gripped with panic. “What do you...
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Eager
Right now, I’m sitting in Bryan College’s still library. It’s Spring Break, so the campus is empty except for a handful of staff members charged with duties that aren’t suspended in the absence of...
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Flame
You never know where the small flame of passion God has lit in your heart will lead. Maybe to a friend’s side as she pushes her sixth baby into the world. Maybe to a classroom on a college campus when...
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Roller coaster day
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Plan B
This morning, Mary Hannah will walk into a classroom and assume her place as an elementary education major. It’s not what she dreamed she’d be doing. By her reckoning, she should be sitting for her...
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Actually, you can
Yesterday, Mathaus received the packet. If you have a high school senior, you know what I’m talking about. The packet: the official snail mail confirmation of acceptance into a school of higher...
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Signs {On Mathaus’ senior year}
I remember when 2018 seemed so far away. Mathaus was still a young boy with a mop of strawberry blonde hair and a mouth full of baby teeth when I charted out a progression of Sonlight cores, year by...
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Now and Then: On Looking Back
There comes a time in every man’s life when he looks out at the world and says to himself: “What the heck happened?” It’s been one of those years. I can remember one day, back when Mary Hannah was...
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The Well-Connected College Student
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