False Ideals These days, when I look in the mirror, I notice more and more fine lines around my mouth and eyes. My husband and I look back at old pictures and we’re amazed at our baby faces. I also notice certain areas of my body where extra weight stubbornly clings to, which is distressing.…

Nurturing Love Mother’s Day is tomorrow, so Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers, grandmothers, stepmothers, foster mothers, or women who fill the role of mother in someone’s life. I am blessed to be a mother to three amazing children. I don’t know why God chose me to be their mom, but I’m so grateful…

Clean Up the Mess We had my youngest child’s birthday party yesterday. I have little time to keep up on housework, so you can imagine what the 24 hours leading up to it was like at my house. If you’re anything like me, you may recognize “the general” that appears handing out tasks and commands…

Swing the Bat It’s baseball season, and I am a fan of America’s National Pastime (Go Cardinals!). My son had his first baseball tournament of the year this past weekend. He’s on a 10U team (also the Cardinals), so there’s obviously a lot of improvement and education to be had at this point. However, he…

The Pain Scale As much as I love helping others, there are many aspects of nursing that aggravate me at times. They shouldn’t, but they do. I’ve been a nurse for almost thirteen years, and one of the biggest annoyances for me still to this day is the pain scale. Rarely (in my opinion) do…

Laugh or Cry I’m sure most people have heard the Woody Allen quote, “If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” Have you ever planned a trip or activity and despite weeks of preparation, it went completely wrong? That’s what happened yesterday. My 17-year-old daughter was invited to her boyfriend’s senior…

I Am Too Busy While working on my blog this week, I started two posts with very different topics but ended up stalling and leaving both unfinished for the time being. I think there was a reason for this; God was telling me He had another direction for my weekly blog. I really struggled this…

Don’t Be a Hypocrite I have heard people say they don’t attend church or don’t believe in organized religion because they feel most Christians act worse than they themselves do. Many feel it’s hypocritical that they are preached to and told they are doing wrong and must repent of their sins by those who call…

Time is a Thief I turned 38 years old today. Thirty-eight years! When my mom was 38, I was a 19-year-old college sophomore who thought of 38 as old and uncool. Now, here I am with a 17-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son who both think I’m old and “sus,” as they like to say. I…