He’s Just a Little Boy…

As I was leaving preschool this morning after dropping off my oldest two kids, I went to put Brooks back in his car seat, and he planked. If you’ve ever parented a toddler, you know exactly what I mean by this. He arched his back, held on to the head rest, and made himself stiff

My Noondayversary: Reflecting Back and Looking Ahead

One year ago this week, after much prayer and counsel, I fought back huge insecurities and doubts about myself and my abilities and signed up to become an Independent Ambassador for the Noonday Collection. My thought process was pretty simple: I felt God calling me to do more for the vulnerable around me. There were

Post-Adoption: 2 Months

Two months ago, we met and became parents to the most amazing little boy in a musty conference room in Hangzhou, China. I still pinch myself sometimes when I realize just how lucky I am to be called his mama!  If you haven’t yet seen our video of our trip to China and homecoming, click

My 2017 Word

This week at church, one of our pastors challenged us to choose a word as your goal/motto for the year ahead in lieu of making resolutions. Since I really didn’t have many resolutions in mind other than continuing in my quest to get up before the kids each day (we are 1 for 3 so