Pippa was SO EXCITED to make her talent show debut this year. Unfortunately, the show was cancelled… But she had her audition video already done and ready to go… so please enjoy this adorable rendition of You’ll Be Back (from Hamilton) & give her all the love!!
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Trauma can come in any shape or size. We often think of the extremes, but trauma can be subtle, too. Trauma is more about our emotional response to a situation than it is about the extremity of the situation itself. We know a “big” traumatic event will almost always have lasting effects on a person. But something seemingly small, like being called stupid at school as a young child, can have those lasting traumatic effects also. Structural damage.
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We’re living in an unprecedented time. For literally the first time in history, the entire world has come to a complete stop. Soon, we’ll find ourselves re-entering life, walking into what will be our new normal. But we have an incredible opportunity in front of us right now. We get to choose what that life will look like - from the individual to the world at large, we get to take part in designing the new. Like gardeners, we get to uproot, prune back and plant seeds that will grow into our future. Don’t let this opportunity pass.
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I wonder how many times in my life I have given up on something right before breakthrough came. How many times did I work hard and never see the result I wanted? How many times did I hope for something and never see it fulfilled?
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Maybe you aren’t a different person this week than you were last week. Maybe you brought your unfulfilled hopes with you into the new year. Maybe you brought your failures with you. Maybe you brought your depression with you. Maybe you brought your chocolate with you. That’s ok.
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And sometimes when I think about my kids growing up, it feels heavy. I get that same sense of impending anxiety that I get when I think about winter coming. I put that same pressure on myself to savor every second of this season because it’s fleeting.
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I refused to believe that I was left with just one option for my bunkbed bedding. I searched even further.
And found the pot of gold…
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We ducked under the kitchen island counter and I screamed to Rayne, “What did they teach you at school?!?!?” to which she replied, “for what?”. Guys, Rayne has been doing earthquake drills all year. She knows exactly what to do in an earthquake. The only problem was, she didn’t know what an earthquake was.
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Providence and Hope can co-exist. This life isn’t just happenstance - it is a beautiful overlap of God’s Kingdom coming near, breaking through, into our reality. Allow yourself to hope, to believe for the things unseen.
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The 45 minute drive to the hospital was peaceful and very Alaskan : we passed a moose on the highway and we had to stop abruptly downtown to let a bear cross the street!
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How did you choose your baby's name? Did you spend time contemplating the meaning of the name? We believe that names have power - the power to speak life or lies to us.
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Our journey with all of our kids' names has been one of my favorite parts about my pregnancies. Each kid has a special story behind their name that we get to tell them as they grow…
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We had a whirlwind trip a couple of weeks ago - 10 days, 6 airplanes, 4 states, and LOTS of friends and family!!
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Nine months ago I was so very excited about Valentine's Day... this was when our Baby Bear was going to join our family. After we lost the baby, I have been dreading this week. Now that it's here, it just feels strange.
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