Tag: perfection

• An open letter to a young father

  The picture above is me at around 22. My oldest about 3. Tomorrow that little boy will be celebrating the first birthday of his own son, at the tender age of 21. Tonight as we settle down for Sunday dinner and celebrate this precious life on the eve of that momentous birthday, I want that […]

  January

  March 3, 2019

  On Parenting

  Children, family, Grace, Motherhood, Parenting, perfection

• Mom: One beautiful, slimy, mess

  

  I have a confession when it comes to the idea of the “perfect” mom. It has to do with my kitchen. Well, let me be honest, the downstairs portion of my house. The parts of the house that people can see. See, I have this deep hatred of slime-making. For about 4 months this summer […]

  January

  May 13, 2018

  Broken, Yet Beautiful, Loving Oneself

  Appearances, encouragement, Motherhood, perfection, Psalm 139:14, transparency, Women