Britney Lyn It feels like spring today. Finally. Here in Kansas City, we’ve not been ok, as the hilarious meme I saw last week relayed. It went something like this (I can’t find it now, of course, so this is my version)…”Check on your friends in Kansas City. We’re on day 792 of winter. The sun is … Read more
The past few days have been filled with weeping. Weeping at random, in the shower, while giving a school assignment to my daughter, while nursing my newborn at 2am. I’m not weeping because my husband was at a conference most of the weekend and I was physically exhausted from caring for 4 children. Nor because … Read more
The waiting and wondering are over. The anxieties over road conditions, getting to the hospital, and getting someone to the house quickly enough watch our kids are over. She’s here. First thing Monday morning, January 21, I went to my OBGYN for my belated 39-week appointment. Four days till due date day. As planned, my … Read more
I originally wrote this post on April 27, 2013, one week before my due date with our 2nd child. Today, I’m 38 weeks with our 4th child. And I need these reminders just as much today as I did 6 years ago. So, with minor revisions, here it is again. I’m preaching to myself, again. … Read more
True confession: for the last year or so, I’ve been hearing murmurs about this great resource, “She Reads Truth“. There are hash tags and an app and probably coffee mugs, too. The confession part? My anti-fad nonconformist self has rebelliously avoided checking this resource out just because it was the new buzz. Also true confession: … Read more
It’s been a heavy week. And not just because my toddler ended up with 5 stitches (although that did happen). Last Thursday, a childhood friend of mine evacuated her home in with her husband and toddler, narrowly escaping the fury of flames that tore through Northern California in the Camp Fire, now considered the most … Read more
This morning was one of those parenting mornings. If you’re a parent, you know what I mean. The kind that makes you want to put a pillow over your head and pretend morning never happened. The kind that leaves you hustling hurriedly out of playgroup early because you’re horrified at your child(ren)’s behavior and they’re … Read more
I was eighteen and about to graduate from high school. I had been a straight-A student since preschool (Ok I lied. There was one B in grade school. I blocked it from memory.). I scored high enough on the ACT to have my pick of high-ranking universities. I could go anywhere I wanted and be … Read more
Wow. My respect for Beth Moore just shot through the roof with the letter she wrote regarding how she has been treated as a female leader in the Church. My husband asked me this evening if I’d read some letter Beth Moore wrote to men in the church. I’ve been MIA from social media today … Read more
(If you don’t like birth stories, you can skip down to the heading below) March 19, 2011: 5:15am: I wake up in pain, breath-stopping pain. This isn’t like all the trial runs. This is the real deal. 9:00am: We check into the triage room at the hospital. “Five centimeters,” they say. “FIVE?” I ask. “Only … Read more