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Continue reading →: A Peaceful Birth Story – welcoming our 3rd baby
On November 27th we welcomed our beautiful baby girl, Sylvia Colette. But where to even begin? Because there’s so much to say and not very much to say at all, because her delivery was absolutely peaceful and sprinkled with laughter. The hardest part of labor were the weeks leading up…
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Continue reading →: It’s Been Beautiful & Hard – life before our third baby
With less than a week before my due date and everything as ready as can be for our third child, I’m left with time to soak up this season of my life and my family before it all changes. I’m anticipating the change with my foot on the gas pedal.…
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Continue reading →: That Same Sun – a poem for election season
I cast my vote,thenmy cares uponthe Lord,so I return to my dinnerplansand having conversationsin the grocery store.I join the laughter ofmy happychildren,feel the baby kickwithin,and I can senseher enthusiasmfor life outsidethe womb.(I’m excited for youtoo.)I cut blooms from the gardenfor our thrifted coffeetable,set aside the detailsfor our Thanksgivingparty,there’s nothing new…
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Continue reading →: Little Life of Mine – the luxury of a quiet existence
Since Ben and I moved into our little blue house in spring 2016 I’ve watched us and everything grow. It’s a beautiful time lapse in my mind with terribly hollow seasons that always left an aftermath of God’s hope and healing in their wake. And in that wake the porch…




