If you invited me over for tea and you asked me what's killing me right now, I would have a litany of answers for you. They range from...

It finally happened after two long years. My husband and I darkened the door of a church for Easter Sunday. We were away for the weekend...

It finally happened after two long years. My husband and I darkened the door of a church for Easter Sunday. We were away for the weekend...

"When I started writing about deconstruction, I shared because I needed to know there were others out there like me. Now I share because...

"If we had total support, we would change more easily. It's the fear of rejection that prevents our transformation." In this episode on...

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from...

Everything about that Easter weekend was strange. My preschoolers only wanted to listen to Christmas music that Wednesday on the drive...

"If you, too, find yourself eating your words when a crisis hits; 1. you’re not alone and, 2. Being wrong can suck, but that doesn’t mean...

"When love speaks and both sides listen, hearts connect and healing begins." In this episode on the Deconstructing Mamas podcast,...

JUSTICE! They announce. As they pull me from the bed of man violating me for the third time. JUSTICE! They demand. As they drag me into...

Once upon a time, there was a mom who planned a super special girls' trip for her daughter's big birthday! She carefully picked a place...

"You don't HAVE to get married." In this episode on the Deconstructing Mamas podcast, Stevie Swift, author of that quote, shares her...

"Yes," I reply even though my heart is shattering. "I'll get that for you and you can be on your way." I watch my son pack his bags on...

One day, a girlish woman looked down at her big burgeoning belly and she had little red lines. She freaked out a bit. "Those are STRETCH...

[please don’t forget ME] Don’t forget that I was alone coming to get water. No friends to chatter with. No family to help me. Which was...

“When the dust clears and in the quiet of your own heart, what kind of God do you believe in, really? And why?” (The Sin of Certainty -...

Oops! I did it AGAIN after I promised myself I would not. I made my kind-of-far-away daughter's birthday magical. I stood in line to get...

trans·fig·ure /ˌtran(t)sˈfiɡ(y)ər/ verb transform into something more beautiful. This past week marked my oldest’s birthday. I did what...

“Curiosity is the opposite of certainty. Curiosity isn’t about right or wrong or should or shouldn’t. Those words are about certainty.”...

This mom feeling has plagued me all my life. It's been showing up a lot lately no matter how much I try to push it down, aside, or out...