A lesson from my middle…

When you become a parent, there are certain things that you know you are going to teach your littles. You expect to help them learn to walk and to ride a bike. You know that you'll teach them to sing their ABCs, and you pray that teaching them to use the potty will not make…

Life in the Proving Grounds

One of the random requirements of my job is that I read over automotive news magazines. I know, it's so very exciting! In general, I skim the pages to see if anything piques my attention, and as I'm far from a car buff, it's usually a pretty quick skim. However, last month an article caught…

A night in the (mom) life

Tonight, my commute home was doubled due to traffic and construction (thanks ALDOT). My night has been filled with laundry, cooking, laundry, loading the dishwasher, laundry, playing with kids, laundry, bathing a toddler (and painting a seven year old's fingernails at the same time), trying to have conversations with Jason while kids run between us,…

Tonight we were “the least of these”

 Today started like any other day. I headed to work; the girls went to school; Cayden went to daycare, and Jason headed out of town for a golf tournament.......and then Cayden decided to pull up on a swing at daycare.  Well, a baby swing is not prepared to have a 25 pound chunker pull up…

My hiding place

This little guy......My heart was not prepared to melt as much as it has since he came screaming into this world! Like Olaf says, "Some people are worth melting for!" Cayden, my chubby man, you are worth melting for! When we found out Cayden was a boy, I was so excited and so terrified! I'm…

Be Thou My Vision

I'll never forget seeing her walk out onto the stage at The Crush. I was 15 years old and had begged to leave Florida one day early, so that I wouldn't miss the concert. Along with the rest of the crowd of teens and 20-somethings, I watched her being escorted to the piano. She sat…

The Unintentional Pledge

A few weeks ago, al.com posted an article announcing that Pledge Week had just wrapped up at universities around the state. They posted pictures of ecstatic girls running down the street and waving what I can only assume was an acceptance letter to the sorority of their choice. All of the girls in the pictures…

A great cloud of witnesses….

I have a super vivid memory from the summer before my Senior year of high school. My mom took me to tour Samford University, where I was certain I would get my degree in education and go on to change the world one English paper at a time! We walked around the campus, and I…

The Greatest of These

As I sit in our living room holding my little guy this morning, I can't help but think about the world he and his sisters are growing up in. The world that will try to shape and mold them into it's image at every turn. The world that will constantly tell them what they should…

Selfie challenged

I am NOT a selfie girl! I have never perfected the head tilt, great angle or even looking in the right direction. Let's be real! I am 100% selfie challenged!! But I have to say this is my favorite selfie ever! No makeup, no instagram filter to make me look tan (as if that is…