We are THAT Family
Marriage can be hard. Marriage with children can be really hard. Both can also be really good.
Today, podcast episode #14 focuses on parenting and raps up a three part marriage series with my husband, Terrell.
We loved recording it together and dishing about all things parenting and we hope you love listening to it!
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Happy new week, friends. I have a list of things I'm loving right now. What is on your list? This week's 50% off flash sale at Mercy House Global! Get 3 amazing market totes for only $9 This must-listen to podcast episode by David Platt. And his new book (that I pre-ordered): Something Needs to Change. It comes out next week and it tells more of the incredible story from the above podcast. The new Fall Bundle at Mercy House Global: Soup, cornbread, wooden ladle, fall tea ... Read More
"I'm just bored in my Christianity. I'm stuck in a rut. I wish I knew how to activate my faith," she said as she sipped her coffee. I was working at a coffee shop when I overhead the women next to me talking about their faith. I heard just a little in-between wearing headphones and working and thinking about working. You know how that goes. My phone rang and when I saw my college daughter's face on my screen, I nearly knocked over my mostly cream-filled cup of coffee answering it. Long ... Read More
I held a two-day-old baby boy this weekend. He had the longest fingers and the tiniest feet. I looked over at his first- time momma and daddy, smiling proudly at their perfect son and I had a moment. The kind when time stands still and you can't believe long ago you held your first child, how old you are, how far you've come, how much you still don't know. My husband made a joke about letting the old people in the room babysit sometime. I realized he was talking about us. The tiny baby in my ... Read More
Today, I'm sharing the second part of sitting down with my husband, Terrell, to chat about ministry and working together every day at a non-profit. Together, we have faced huge mountains and some of them God has allowed us to move. We answered questions like, "How has our marriage survived the stress of starting a business (for good) together? We talked about our individual dreams, supporting each other and how we push each other out of comfort zones. Creating balance and taking Sabbath was ... Read More
I don't want to live in a world where little girls become mothers. I don't want to think about how Margaret and Elizabeth got pregnant. I don't want to see their cramped homes with dirt floors and the mat on the floor that serves as a bed for six people. I don't want to hear how Lillian was passed around in her village like garbage. I don't want to imagine the horrors she endured without a chance at education or a right to dignity. I have watched the video footage below of her rescue. ... Read More
Driving from New Mexico to Texas, from our trip to the mountains a couple of weeks ago, I told my husband I didn't want to go home. It wasn't the usual "Oh, vacation is so much fun! Let's stay forever," it was more like, "I haven't thought about work once in the last 47 hours and this is the first deep breath I've taken in months." With his eyes on the road, he let out a deep sigh and said, "Yeah, I'm not ready either. I don't want to crawl back under the heavy burden of Mercy House ... Read More
This year, I'm celebrating 25 years of marriage. And our kids remind us....that's a very long time, which must make us very old. Watch it, young Jedi. We've had our good days and bad, our amazing seasons and the ones where we barely made it, but here we are, committed to the end. We recently sat down together to record a series of podcasts focusing on marriage, ministry and parenting. We answered some questions from my Facebook group and had fun reminiscing, being vulnerable and we didn't ... Read More
