Stay ConnectedHere I share bits of my heart and writing. I’m sharing from the inside of my story, while I’m still in the middle of my own messes, in middle of being a wife and mother, in the middle of figuring out how to be both creative and ambitious, and the present mom I desire to be.
I am seeking out beauty and truth and hope my weekly writing invites you along with me.
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a piece of the story that has come from my past and extends into my future
An All Saints & Souls Day Celebration. Sunset dinner in our forest: photos on Substack.
Song: It Is Not Death To Die by Sovereign Grace Music.
The joy won’t actually be in the southern wall of windows, or any of the other details, though I’m certain they’ll all be perfect because they’re made just for us. Subscribe on Substack.
a captivating book of blessings; blessings for all types of moments and seasons in ones life.
It’s new to me and has been water for my soul.
(You can buy it on Amazon or get it from your local library.)
A lot has changed here in the last two years; most of all, me.
So... I deleted my Instagram. If listening to someone talk about their relationship with social media sounds about as boring to you as listening to someone share their grocery list, don't listen to this.
This feels like one of those complicated love stories where there really isn’t a good guy or a bad guy. Life is too complex for that black and white retelling.
I found myself trying to memorize everything. I wanted it all written on my heart.
Somehow the permission and potential to always be productive took away my freedom to just be.
Madeleine, on Instagram.
But something happened inside of me that day. I lost my sense of safety. It was like, for the first time, I realized the delicate balance of life. And it was then that I began waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Madeleine, on Instagram.
Mikayla, on Instagram.
Valor's funeral service.
It seems so strange that such massive shifts happen in my body first, and then my world, and the way I see my world is all completely altered.
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