For years, I tried to handle things on my own. I reasoned that I could figure life out. I didn’t need any help. And then I met Jesus my freshman year of college. I learned that I do in fact need help and where to turn when I need help. I am so thankful that I don’t have to life alone. But all too often, I fall back into the old pattern of feeling like I don’t need help. Maybe you can relate? The other day, the Holy Spirit used my daughter Analiah to remind me where to turn when I need help.

As parents, we have the amazing privilege of praying for our children. Praying for your child's school is so important. This is something my husband Jonathan and I take very seriously.  At the beginning of each school year, we go on a prayer walk as a family around our children’s schools. In today’s post, I will share the why, how and what of our prayer walk.

Every now and then that feeling comes. The feeling of wanting to give up. You just can’t seem to get ahead, so why bother? Today, I want to share a story with you about how a game of Candyland encouraged me to not give up.

Renewed, Refreshed and Restored. These are the 3 R’s of She Speaks Conference and the words that describe how I felt after being there. God worked in my heart in so many ways. Today, I want to share with you how I have been renewed, restored and refreshed.

Every day we have a choice. A choice to walk with our head held high or downcast. No one can make us walk a certain way. It all comes down to what we believe. This was displayed to me last year at a Spartan event. A Spartan finisher walked by slowly as if carrying the weight of the world. His face was downcast and he limped a little because of an injury. My friends and I called out “Great job on the Spartan. You did it!”  The finisher mumbled “Thanks” and limped away.

"Mom, what’s for dinner? What are we doing this week?" Do these questions sound familiar? If your kids are similar to mine, you have probably heard these questions countless times. Today, I am going to share with you how two charts have answered these questions for my kids.

It’s already July! Wow, I can’t believe this year is halfway over. Today's post is an update on how I am doing with my new goals for this year. I will also include an update on my habits for the year.

Failure. Just reading that word used to make me cringe. The key words are ‘used to.’ Failure is still not my favorite thing but it has become a friend to me. Why? Because I can learn so much from failure. At the beginning of the year, I set goals and felt very optimistic about them. And then life happened. I realized I needed to let go of some goals and make some changes to the ones I kept.