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What I learned in 2025
Here's my year in review, filled with lessons on family, work, motherhood, empty China pieces, and Goodwill stuffies :)
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Learning to be human, again
Whatever the screw up, whatever the mistake, whatever the awkward moment, whatever the embarrassment, whatever the bad hair day, it is ok...
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Lowering expectations
Last night, I grieved.I grieved my "not-enoughness." In light of my new pregnancy, I grieved how I wouldn't be everything I wanted to be for my kids... Praise the Lord for this new baby because out of all the things that will push me to rely solely on God's…
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Weeds have pretty flowers too
My mind garden is a beautiful mess, and I work hard on it every single day. What I can't do, I let the grace of the Father tend to in his own beautiful and redemptive way.
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God wastes nothing
He uses everything. He works in the awkward conversations we didn't know how to handle, the presentation we fumble through, the tears we shed when we let others see that we're human too, the messy part of life that we wished looked a little more put together.
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Bent but not broken
We appreciate the light so much more when it comes after the dark. We appreciate the Spring after the Winter, the sun after the rain, the healing after the wound. Then we get to help walk others through the darkness because we know the way.
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God comes to us
God comes to us in our feelings of smallness, insecurity, and shame. When we leave prematurely, or turn away, he doesn't give up. When we feel out of place and uncomfortable, he finds us. Most of all, he doesn't come to shame or condemn, but to bless us.