I have a thing against nasty language. I'm no Mrs. Grundy, but ugly words make me cringe. I've been known to order my broody high school...

Hi blog friend! With the mother of all holidays looming, I've created a free printable for you to post on your fridge or in your office...

You won't ever hear me say that waiting for your turn to be a mom is a cake walk (All those pregnant bellies and precious...

"Guess what I'm doing for my wax museum project," my 10-year-old son, West, sang as he bounded in the door from school. I glanced up from...

Do you, like me, have a mountain of books threatening to topple over on your nightstand? I like nothing better than soaking in a hot bath...

My friend, Kelly, has dealt with a string of annoying and scary health issues for the last five years. Just when it seems the doctors...

Infertility poses a formidable challenge to even the strongest of marriages. First, there is the disappointment of learning that you and...

As you probably know by now, I am a forever infertile. At the ripe old age of 46, with only one ovary, one sketchy tube, and my uterine...

Is it boasting to say that I feel a special sort of blessed because God chose me to wait? A few years back, experiencing infertility felt...

I cautiously glided down the bunny hill on my rental skis, coaxing my muscles to remember the hobby I'd ditched 25 years earlier for the...

We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps. (Proverbs 16:9 NLT) Along with struggling to claw my way out of the pit of...

I just had to share this beautiful video from Promise over at Hope Collided. Promise and her husband, Matt, are in the middle of TTC...

Perhaps the best challenge I ever accepted at church was a mad-libs style exercise proposed by our pastor. "Put your name in place of the...

“It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter.” Psalm 74:17 NIV Ah, winter…my nemesis. I have long...

This little guy is almost 10 years old. I can't be sure which is my son, but one of these pulsing, dividing zygotes most certainly is. He...

Join me today over at Christiandevotions.us for my devo, In Google We Trust. Click here for the devo and have a blessed day! #selfreliance

And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins....

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. -Romans 8:18 You haven't lived...

As a teacher, twice a year I have the opportunity to make meaningful changes in my life. First at the beginning of a new school year in...

Join me on MLive today for Joy in the Darkness . I'd love to hear your story of hope! #joy #Christmas