APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I made a commitment of faith when I was just nine years old. Wide-eyed and trembling in the cold baptismal waters, I nodded my head in agreement as the pastor of my small Baptist church asked me if I had...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  Mommy guilt can cause a weariness a nap won't fix. It weighs us down and wears us out. It turns perfectly normal moms into women who are convinced they could win the prize for the worst mom of the year....

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  Motherhood is hard physical labor, sweaty work, manual labor of the most intense kind because it requires more than just body. Turns out it's hard heart labor too. And when the work doesn't pay off, when...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  Runners tell me the most important part of a long run has to do with the pace they run. If you start out too fast, you will wear yourself out too quickly and have nothing left at the end. Their pace is...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  My youngest son has an amazing laugh. Everyone who hears it smiles big and tells us the same thing, "He's incredible!" and I nod my head in agreement because he is. The only problem is that his laugh...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I wish I could tell you that my phantom mom, who I've named Carol, doesn't ever creep into my heart and make me feel inadequate. As my kids have gotten older, my fear of failure as a mom has little to do...