Over the summer, I did something rather brazen. I single-handedly took a 13 month old and a three year old across the country by plane. This would be stressful under the best of circumstances, but my oldest has sensory issues that could cause an epic meltdown at any point. While it didn’t go perfectly, we […]
10 Things to Pray for Your Young Children
Can I just start this whole thing by saying I’m NOT a shining example of a prayerful mother? I struggle to train my mind, focus my heart. I’ve let entire days go by without lifting my sons up to the all-powerful, mind-bogglingly good God. Ok, I’m sure I shot up a couple prayers like, “Help him […]
To Cover or Not to Cover?
Really? Another article on breastfeeding? Why bother? Two reasons. First, so I can learn to flesh out my thoughts on the matter. A week ago, I was hanging out with some friends whom I am VERY comfortable with. The topic of nursing in public came up, and when I tried to share my view, it […]
The Pursuit of Health
Let’s face it. Our society idolizes health. Who doesn’t want to be healthy?!? It feels good. It looks good. We may pursue it in a myriad ways. Whether we count calories or chemicals, believe in pharmaceuticals or essential oils, vegan or paleo, yoga or crossfit. Yada yada. Blah de blah. Even if you’re the opposite of […]
Finding Out It’s Sensory Processing Disorder
Update: Read to the end to see what I’ve learned in the decade since I published this. Your family can thrive with sensory processing too! “Sensory” is quite the buzz word in early education these days. Maybe you have heard of Sensory Processing Disorder. I used to think that all it involved was kids not […]
The Crunchy Mama’s Baby Registry Guide
This post may contain affiliate links that help support my family. Read more here. Are you interested in all things green? Curious about attachment parenting? Delving into a more natural way of doing things? Do you know a future mama that has some of these “strange” ideas? Have you heard her […]
Family Virtues
What do you REALLY want your family to be like? What’s your goal? And harder still, what’s your plan to get there? When our oldest was just a couple months old, our small group at church did a study on the family, based mostly out of Proverbs. During one of the lessons, we were […]
Lumpy’s Birth Story (for all those birth junkies out there)
(This was written days after Lumpy was born. Forgive any typos, I was/am sleep deprived.) www.photosbylei.com With Loopy, I started labor 5 days before my due date, so I was expecting to have Lumpy a couple days before my due date; April 26th. Well that didn’t happen. But in the wee hours of the morning […]
What Happened AFTER My Son was Born: An Ugly Battle with Postpartum Depression
(I’m not sure what brought you to this post: curiosity, a wrong click, or maybe desperation. I am going to reveal the yuckiest, most humiliating period of my life to you. I don’t know you, but I’ve prayed for you. If you or ANYONE you know is struggling with postpartum depression, I’d love to be […]
Book Review: Give Them Grace, Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus
I’ve read a lot of parenting books in the last year. The clear standout is the new book by Elyse Fitzpatrick: Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus. The basic premise is that our parenting needs to be saturated with the gospel. If we say that The Gospel is central to […]