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A Bedtime Story of Faith and Motherhood
Not long ago I walked by the bathroom mirror and did a double take. Seven months pregnant and it shows. In November I will give birth for the third time. Yet for about half of my twenties I grieved the reality of infertility and the possibility I would never have children from my womb. There… Continue reading
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Garden Fairies Go Autumn Foraging (and you can too)
The garden fairies at Green Fables had a fabulous summer settling into their new home. They aren’t always easy to spot but around the time autumn is turning the corner you catch sight of them more often as they forage for pumpkins and acorns and bouquets of mums to decorate their fairy house and celebrate… Continue reading
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Beautiful Things Here Below
It was one of those very ordinary moments that lifts outside of itself and plays like a beautiful scene before your eyes. I’m in the kitchen working on dinner over the stove and my husband is explaining how his grounds work has made him sore. I just laugh out loud because it’s us getting old. I’m… Continue reading
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Before I Turn 30 – some thoughts
I came home to my son standing soaked in the garden. The sprinklers shooting into the air and falling in that back and forth rhythm. His smile was wide. My husband was watering the sunflowers and soon my daugther, also soaked by garden sprinklers–our little water baby–would come to say hello. I’d hug my happy,… Continue reading
