motherhood

August 7, 2025

Supporting Women Who have Mixed Feelings about Pregnancy

I am going to say something very unpopular as a married Christian woman: I am not really a baby person. I believe that children are a gift from the Lord and that human life is valuable and worth protecting from its very beginning. I genuinely enjoy children; I just have never shared the bubbling-over baby-fever Continue reading

Faith, literary living, Musings

baby, family, life, motherhood, pregnancy
May 12, 2025

Behold, Your Mother

My mom manages to fuse the Proverbs 31 woman’s virtues with Lorelei Gilmore’s hilarity. She’s the best. She taught me to think discerningly, apologize quickly, and—fortunately for readers of this blog—edit rigorously. But my mom lives in Arizona, which put a bit of a damper on Mother’s Day celebrations. Despite being 1,500 miles away from Continue reading

Faith, literary living, Musings

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April 13, 2024

I Learned it from Mom

It’s my mom’s birthday, so I spent some time reflecting on all of the reasons I’m thankful for her. There are too many to write, but at the top of the list is her wisdom. Here are a few of the lessons she taught my brother and me that continue to shape how we live Continue reading

literary living

family, life, mom, motherhood, writing