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Home Life, Thoughts, and Hopes

A little story of how the Lord is restoring the years the locust has stolen.


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  • Leaving with a Full Heart

    I found my way into Evangelical Christianity a broken and hurting young woman. I leave it with so much more. Hands still open to the cross, still outstretched and empty to receive Christ, who is MORE than enough. There has been so much good in my time in evangelical circles from about 2008 until today.

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  • 6 Months of Charlotte

    6 Months of Charlotte

    My baby love, how has it been nearly a half a year of dreamy you? It seems each week, you learn something new, show us a bit more spunk, and come into the delightful girl you were meant to be. You’ve gone from cooing to squeals of delight, you can roll anywhere you’d like to

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  • Reflections on Infidelity

    Reflections on Infidelity

    I remember the safety of life on the other side. I remember telling myself divorce would never happen to me, statistics be damned. I remember how I’d listen to sermons about marriage, read books that seemed to have all the answers, and think it was something that would happen to “other” people. But me? I

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  • 2 Months of Charlotte

    Charlotte’s second month has been full of so much growth and so much love. First, the physical growth has been extraordinary. Our tiny baby has surpassed 10 pounds and is hungry all the time! It turns out it take a lot of fuel to make it through your second month thriving. Charlotte’s latching and feeding

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  • Charlotte’s First Month

    Charlotte’s First Month

    A quick glimpse, mostly for me, into the bleary-eyed days of the first month with our girl. Charlotte’s first month at home was all a new mom could ask for and more. Keith had the entire first month off. It would have been so important simply for taking night shifts together, bonding, and having all

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  • To Charlotte: Your Birth

    To Charlotte: Your Birth

    My precious daughter, I’m writing this at night as you sleep, so tiny and new. I waited until I knew you were fast asleep. Your daddy is resting upstairs at my insistence, but know he’s taken many late-night shifts with joy. Tonight, it’s you and I until sun up. I have an ear listening for

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