on five minute friday: fall
I’m not sure how my fingers were led to these keys. The prompt has more than one meaning, and of course I gravitated towards my favorite one =) I just finished a book with a sad beginning, and I think that’s why my brain took my fingertips where it did....
on meeting in real life {#inRLMN #inRL recap}
She came from two hours away, knowing no one. She lost her infant son just months ago. His funeral was at this church. Her whole family brought her here, napping in the car while she came inside for an hour. She used to battle addiction. That table of five –...on jump: five minute friday
This weeks prompt: Jump* GO: Remember skipping rope? Doing hurdles in gym class? Jumping up and down for sheer joy at a birthday party? All jumping, all joyful, all easy… at the time. Now, tinged with age and hardened a bit with experience, I feel sometimes that...on beauty for ashes {i hope}
I want to fill this new shiny space with joy, only sweetness, all things pink and sugary. I have a book review due two hours ago and a cookbook review&giveaway slated for two days ago. There are adorable pictures from our Easter Sunday waiting to be uploaded, and...on Easter reflecting
Growing up, my mother was (and still is) a church choir director. She had to be at church for all the services, including the sunrise service, so the Easter bunny would leave our baskets in the car =) It’s Easter weekend. Though there you can still measure the...on why I don’t have working moms guilt
This week I asked women in our (in)couraging Working New Moms group to share pictures of their work spaces. The resulting pictures made me think that these women were proud of their spaces. Had anyone told them that it’s ok to feel that pride? Because it is. By...on (in)courage today!
I’m so humbled to be featured on (in)courage today!! Here’s a snippet of my post & a link to the rest of it on (in)courage: ———- Every day, posts from (in)courage make their way to my inbox, and every day I read them. For over three...on my sons first baptismal birthday
One year ago today we dedicated our sweet baby boy to the Lord, baptizing him in front of our home church, family & friends.His godparents had been carefully chosen and prayed over, and they’re wonderful people who will remain in his life for all of it. We...on newtown & redemption
because i have no words of my own, i’ll stay in the lowercase of my heart and share the words of others.———- Ann Voskamp: The Truth about Sandy Hook: Where is God When Bad Things Happen? If you read one of these links, make it this one. {on...on counting down in Advent
The Christmas season is {finally} here. I sincerely love Christmas, and the Advent that precedes it. To take a season – a month or more – and focus on being still, waiting, watching, being hopeful, anticipating the coming Christ child… it’s a...on what I could tell you
I could tell you about The Boy’s 9-month doctor visit yesterday, which was only thought-provoking in that I thought we brought him in for his 3-day check last week. He’s lost weight in the last three months, due to his ridiculously busy and insanely active...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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