Category: Personal
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8 years of “I do” + 4 things I’ve learned
8 years ago today – June 6 – marks a pivotal change in my life. It’s the day I first kissed Jonathan. And it’s the day we committed to be faithful to each other until death. Just writing out that last sentence is scary to me. Not because I don’t love my husband, but because…
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When God’s Word & Real Life Collide
What do you do when God’s Word and real life collide? Which one is loudest? Which one wins? If you saw this post on instagram, you probably noticed that there was a significant change going on in our family over the past couple weeks. I mean, other than the uncertainty of my pre-term labor. Twice a year,…
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when my water broke at 20 weeks pregnant (part 3)
this is part 3 of this story. part 1. || part 2. By late Sunday evening, both my contractions and amniotic fluid leaking had stopped (without intervention/medication). I started guzzling water like crazy because I figured it wouldn’t hurt and could help replace some of the fluid I had just lost. I was discharged late…
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when my water broke at 20 weeks pregnant (part 2)
this is part 2 of this story. you’ll find part 1 here. When we arrived at the hospital room, one of the first things the nurse did was to listen to baby girl’s heartbeat. To our delight, it was strong. She strapped a device on me to monitor contractions, though at this point they were…
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when my water broke at 20 weeks pregnant (part 1)
It all started on Sunday morning, May 1. But I think I need to start with the night before. On Saturday, my family drove a couple hours to meet up with family for the day. During the drive home, Jonathan and I were talking about a bunch of random things. I was telling him about…
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Reading the Bible in 90 Days
When I was approached with the goal of reading the Bible in 90 days and learned that the plan just happened to finish up on the day of my 30th, I decided to give it the good old college try. After all, it sounds like a great goal to accomplish before a milestone birthday, right?…
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thoughts on baby #4. [slightly filtered]
A couple months ago, I shared the happy news that Jonathan & I are expecting a new little one in September. FIRST. I must say we are immensely thankful for this little life. We’ve loved it from the moment we knew it was inside me. Truly children are a blessing from God and the fact that I can…
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ThredUp Box Reveal Video – maternity edition!
I ordered several pieces of clothing from ThredUp a couple weeks ago and was pretty excited when they showed up on my doorstep last week. Because I had such a grand time recording the opening of my StitchFix box with you, I decided to give it another go so you could see my first impressions of…