on the holy in our ordinary
Yesterday was my sweet Boy’s baptismal birthday! We had a super typical day that was really anything but: I was up from 3-5:30 (pregnancy insomnia is a thing, yo), so when he woke at 7:30 I pulled him into my bed and let him dink around on the iPad. We had donut...on 25 weeks: a #girlwithbaby update
It’s absolutely mind-blowing how quickly this pregnancy is going. We have less than 4 months left! I’m pretty sure I haven’t done an update since 14 weeks, when I was petrified something was going to go wrong with our baby. I’m not as scared...on Five Minute Friday: See
Linking up again with Five Minute Friday at the lovely Lisa-Jo Baker‘s.The rules: write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.Hop over to her place to find out the full scoop behind FMF, and to visit other posts that were freely written in...on making friends
How do you make friends when the only chance you have to talk to her is in the church hallway, your two year old tugging and screaming, ‘Our car! Home!’, her newborn strapped on & squawking and four year old shooting water from the fountain? How do you...on a post-Christmas treat: Eggnog Bread recipe
I know. Christmas is over. Even the Twelve days of Christmas are over. And here I am yakking about it again… but I just feel like I kind of got gypped out of Christmas this year. Despite my best efforts, the season flew past and I had a hormonal meltdown last...on my #OneWord365 for 2014
Last year, 2013, was the first time I chose one word to focus on, in place of a list of resolutions and goals. A word settled into my heart, and not a day went by when it didn’t float to the surface of my brain. And instead of guilt over goals un-fulfilled,...on Girl with Blog’s top 10 posts from 2013
I’ve never done this before! But last night I thought it’d be fun {and it was!} to peek at my stats and see what YOU loved reading on Girl with Blog during 2013. I am humbled every day when you share your stories, stop by my fence, send an email or tweet,...on our Christmas card for you!
Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year, from the Girl with Blog family!! I’ll be back sometime this week to tell you about our Christmas (which hasn’t actually happened yet, because all three of us got the stomach flu. Seriously.) We’re on the mend,...on the most wonderful & difficult time of the year
Last week I cried at our pastors sermon about ‘the most wonderful & difficult time of the year’. She spoke to the people who struggle through it, whether from unemployment, infertility, depression, or a nameless battle. She spoke of John the Baptist,...Meet Anna
Anna E. Rendell: Author, latte lover. Content Marketing Manager at (in)courage by DaySpring. Wife of Jared and mom of four littles. Telling real stories from real life, and encouraging you to find the extra in your ordinary.
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