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At The Well, Guest Post

God has a {massive} crush on you.  Did you know that? It’s the wildest, most outrageously sacrificial love you could ever imagine…   {click here to read more on At The Well}

Designs, Faith, Guest Post, Quotes and Scriptures

Pretty Pops for Valentine’s Day

It’s true.  Cake pops make me happy. What’s not to love about decadent cake, all jazzed up, on a stick? Revisit my initial cake pop tutorial here…or simply get a little refresher below {while taking in all the deliciousness of my little helper who happened to turn 3 1/2 on the day we made these […]

Food

Snowed In {and Lovin’ It!}

     

Daily Life, The Kiddos

Scalawag

Why might my son be looking at me in this sheepish fashion, you wonder? Because I found him perched on one of our ridiculously high dining chairs, playing merrily at our intentionally-too-high-for-the-children-to-ransack dining table… with his sister’s paint bottles {visible above, clutched tightly in little fists}. I believe I have a whole new world of […]

Daily Life, The Kiddos

Bobotie {Say That 3 Times, Fast}

This dish {take a deep breath}…is going to change your life. I teased it almost two weeks ago.  Remember this shot of my little garlic-peeling helper..? Finally, I’m on the ball, folks…she’s here: one of my absolute favorite South African dishes. It’s called Bobotie.  Pronounced {something to the effect} of ‘buh-boo-uh-tee’.  And it’s decadent. With […]

Food

Audience of One

I love discovering things I’m good at. Like eating…in private {in the wee hours of the morning}.  Speaking…in public.  Baking…oatmeal.  Designing things with polka dots and swirls.  Dancing to Owl City in my pajamas.  Kissing boo boos.  Writing deep thoughts about venison.  You know, the important stuff. And as it turns out, I’m not too […]

Faith, Grace

Happy Month of Love {Desktop Wallpaper}

Seeing there’s nothing quite like cutting out paper hearts, rimming them with sprinkles, sticking them in the snow and photographing them {what?  You don’t do that?!?) in the name of February fever, I thought I’d share the love… Just choose the size {below} that works best for your computer, download and save it, right click […]

Designs, Desktop Wallpaper

So Far, So Fabulous

Our little man has been medicine free for almost a month. And we’re beyond thrilled about it!  There has been no SVT in sight, and he actually made it to his holter monitor appointment on Tuesday {last time he was weaned, in late May 2010, he was back in the ER in SVT within two […]

The Kiddos

Re-Post: When You Can’t…

…see God’s hand, trust His heart. Over at Inner Fulfillment.

Faith, Grace, Guest Post, Keepin' it Real

The Help

I love that there are occasionally ‘jobs’ that I dread doing…that I know a certain someone will adore pulling off. Seasoning the cast iron tea kettle, for instance… It started slow.  The reticent, one-fingered application. She, much like her mother, is not fond of dirty hands. Apparently grease is in a class of it’s own. […]

Complete nonsense, The Kiddos

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The enemy may wound. But he doesn't get to write t The enemy may wound.
But he doesn't get to write the ending.

Morgan's story includes abuse, betrayal, fear, and years of healing.

Yet today she spends her life loving vulnerable children, opening her home to foster kids, and building a family rooted in grace.

What could have broken her became
the very place God planted compassion.
That's redemption.
Not erasing the wound.
Not pretending it didn't happen.

But allowing God to grow something beautiful from what was meant to destroy.

🎙️ Listen to Episode 027 of Oh, Good Grief wherever you find your podcasts

#RestorationStories #OhGoodGriefPodcast #HealingJourney
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Some stories are painful to tell. And some stories Some stories are painful to tell.
And some stories need to be told anyway.

This week on Oh, Good Grief, I'm joined by the lovely Morgan Brailley, a survivor, foster mama, adoptive mom, and living testimony to God's redemptive love.

Morgan shares her journey through abuse, trauma, healing, foster care, and the unexpected ways God can bring beauty from the deepest wounds.

This conversation is honest.
Tender. Hard.
And full of hope.

Because trauma may shape us,
but it does not get the final word.

🎙️ Episode 027 | When the Silence Breaks
  A Story of Abuse, Survival, and Redemptive Love

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Grace and truth were never enemies in the life of Grace and truth
were never enemies in the life of Jesus.

He told the woman caught in adultery:
“Neither do I condemn you…
go and leave your life of sin.”

Mercy.
And honesty.
Together.

This week’s episode is about the rocks we carry—the anger, bitterness, judgment, and wounds we keep rehearsing long after the moment has passed.

Because sometimes the thing crushing our soul…
is the stone we refuse to put down.

🎧 026 | Dropping Your Rock is live now.
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Some wounds don’t leave us angry because they were Some wounds don’t leave us angry
because they were the worst thing that happened to us.
Sometimes they stay because they were the moment someone
stood close enough to see our pain… and still did nothing.

This week on the podcast, I’m talking about the rocks we carry—judgment, resentment, bitterness, offense—and the quiet ways they shape our souls over time.

This episode is deeply personal. Tender. Honest.

🎧 Episode 026 | Dropping Your Rock | Choosing Mercy Over Judgment is live now.

#OGGPodcast #StruggleWell #StayRooted #SojournTogether
“Healing isn’t pretending it didn’t hurt. It’s ref “Healing isn’t pretending it didn’t hurt.
It’s refusing to let the wound become your identity.”

This week on the podcast, Dr. Ansonya Burke and I talk about forgiveness, leadership, emotional healing, and the sacred process of becoming whole after hard seasons.

There’s so much wisdom in this one.
Especially for the people quietly carrying more than anyone knows.

🎧 Listen now to Episode 025 | The Power of Forgiveness

#OhGoodGriefPodcast
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Some stories don’t end the way we expected. Some r Some stories don’t end the way we expected.
Some relationships fracture.
Some seasons unravel us completely.

But grace still has a way of writing beautiful endings.

In this deeply honest conversation, my dear friend Dr. Ansonya Burke shares about healing, forgiveness, wholeness, and learning how to release what no longer belongs in your hands.

This episode is tender, wise, and full of the kind of truth that only comes from walking through fire and finding God faithful in it.

🎧 Episode 025 | The Power of Forgiveness is live now.

#OhGoodGriefPodcast #StruggleWell #StayRooted #SojournTogether
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