Melissa

Final Words

August 15, 2026

I've spent hours in the car with Sawyer lately. In these final weeks leading up to college, I've driven with him to new student conferences and college camps that are meant to ...

Peace is Better

August 8, 2026

A fiery certainty lives inside most human beings when they're 25 years old. 25 year olds are the ultimate in confidence that they know the best way to do things, the best way to ...

It’s Hard to Grow Up

July 24, 2026

Growing pains are showing all around me. In all the various stages of life that my kids are in, each one is being forced to let go of what is behind to forge on toward what lies ...

Scattered

July 11, 2026

Last night I stood in the kitchen with Chad and asked him if he thinks my brain is working okay. I had had two incidents in the past couple of days of not being able to think of ...

Just One Childhood

Little Things

He is Strong Enough

Don’t Be a Discouraging Christian

I Stepped Outside

The Winter of Our Contentment

The Value in Learning to Struggle

15 Years of Blogging

Motherhood is a Mission, Not an Identity

Don’t Miss Jesus

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