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A Complicated Relationship: Honoring Your Parents in Adulthood
At 17 years old, I loved Jesus with all of my heart. It had been three years since I came to faith, and with youthful arrogance I had come to believe that I was living quite righteously before the...
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Happy Anniversary to the Lamp
Today marks precisely one year since I created this blog. Recent circumstances, some happily welcomed and some less so, have led me to take a significant step back from blogging for a time, but I am...
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My Toddler-Parenting Rules
I have had a few inquiries about good book recommendations for parenting during the toddler years. I can honestly tell you all, I don’t really have any that I’ve read that specifically apply to this...
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Pregnancy Update – 24 Weeks
Well friends, I found out about a month ago that we are having A GIRL! Many of you already know as I shared it on my Facebook page, but I just realized that I never shared it in a post. We would have...
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Putting the Lamp Back on the Stand
I’m just going to come right out and tell you this because I realize I need to break a cycle: I’ve been my own censorship nightmare for at least six months now. It began with an unexpected critique...
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To Compare? Or Not To Compare? [Ourselves with Others]
What if I told you that I think it’s a good idea to compare yourself to other people? You might wonder if I’ve lost my mind and need to go find it. You might be able to refer me to a number of...
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The Story of a Pastor’s Son Using Ungodly Language in Target
My son, age two for those of you unaware, has been doing a lot of talking lately. This is still a very new phenomenon in our house, one that I am mostly caught off-guard by on a daily basis. He’s...
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Baby-Led Weaning: A Simple Approach to Solid Food Introduction
I began experimenting with a few pureed vegetables around the time my son was seven months old, but I did not develop a clear plan or follow a set schedule. I was put at ease by the phrase our...
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Dear Husband, Happy Father’s Day.
An Open Letter to My Husband for Father’s Day There are a million ways I used to imagine my life playing out. There were those years I thought I should go into business, work in a high rise, and sip...
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Pregnancy Update — Stepping Into the Third Trimester
“This pregnancy has gone by so fast!” My husband said to me last week. Tell me about it! People often say that pregnancy flies by after the first one, but I can not believe how true that has been for...
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Psalm 62: In God Alone
Did you know there are group therapy opportunities for individuals who classify themselves as “codependent” on other people? One such group, Codependents Anonymous, operated throughout the 1990′s as a...
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Shielding Young Eyes from Partial Nudity
An Ask the Wemmicks Post Today I am joining in a conversation with the other women (a.k.a. wemmicks) who contribute to the Visionary Womanhood blog. Each of us has posted an answer to the question...
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Super Mom, the Tiger Who Earned Her Stripes, and Other Mom-spirational Thoughts
My two-year-old discovered the concept of super heroes a couple of months ago, and since that time every blanket in our house has transformed into a potential cape. “Zoom like me! ZOOM!” He says as he...
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The Homeschooling Critic Who Has Decided to Homeschool
It was the only major life decision on which we could not see eye-to-eye before our wedding. “No way!” I told my husband during our engagement. After several heated discussions on the topic, we set...
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10 Tips for Explaining Our Decisions To Others
You probably already know this, but my husband and I take this “Christianity stuff” seriously. We’re “like really religious” according to some of our well-meaning, unbelieving friends and family, which...
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A Finished Nursery
We’re about a week away from our due date, which means I am trying to prepare myself for her to arrive any day now! It could be today or it could be two weeks from now, but whenever she comes we feel...
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Our Baby is Here!
I am on an official blogging break for a couple weeks as we get settled in with our newest family member, but I wanted to be sure to let all of you know that our baby arrived and we are all doing very...
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I’m Still Here
Our baby girl is almost five months old. I’ve been thinking for weeks — well, months — that I am ready to get back to blogging. I even have a handful of posts started, a list of others I want to write,...
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When the Muslim Woman Inhaled My Baby
We live in what some call a side-by-side. It’s like a duplex, I suppose, in which one house is split into two separate homes, but also a bit like a townhouse or whatever name you call entire houses...
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Book Recommendation — Dangerous Calling by Paul David Tripp
I ordered this book for my husband as a Valentine’s gift. (Romantic, right?!) I knew he would be excited to read it, but I didn’t expect to devour it myself. If you are a family who works in full-time...
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