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parenting+ marriage

I love to help you build strong families, beginning with a healthy marriage, and purposeful parenting.

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Every good thing comes from God and healthy families are built on a firm foundation of faith.

homeschool

After 15+ years of homeschooling, my family agrees it’s the best choice we have made!

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With a background in sports medicine and fitness, I am passionate to encourage women to embrace a healthy mindset and lifestyle.

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    Any Given Moment

    Hey Friends! I am super honored to share an excerpt and a GIVEAWAY from the sweetest devotional by my friend, Sarah Molitor. It is called ​Any…

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    Encouragement and faith | Miscellaneous | Parenting and Family

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    Moms and Mornings…Let’s Talk About it.

    an excerpt from How to Love Your Morning: Faith-filled Habits to Build a Life of Joy and Purpose, One Day at a Time, by Jennifer…

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just a few high (and low🥹🤷‍♀️) lights from our week of challenging golf tournaments, sweet time with old and new friends, book editing, beautiful nature, bougie, bathrooms, expensive snacks, and a couple exhausted travelers happy to be headed home.
❤️ Just a little humor to kick off the first Monda ❤️ Just a little humor to kick off the first Monday of June.! 😜🥰
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A word of encouragement to all the Moms out there A word of encouragement to all the Moms out there doing the often unnoticed, holy work of serving your family every day. It is good work!! 👏🏼👏🏼💪🏼❤️ And yes, God sees it! 

- And also, if I may, I want to warn younger moms against all the distractions that you will face. 🙏 Some women may need to work but still make family their #1 priority. (That is hard and so admirable! 🙌🏼) But sometimes work (even “work from home”) can be a distraction from the high calling you have at home. (Trust me I know!) Also social opportunities, travel, fitness. self care trends… I think social media adds so much pressure for women to be doing all of the things all of the time, and this often means not being present for the family that really needs you. 

Trust me as an almost empty-nester (with three grown sons ) when I say:you will never regret investing time into your kids while they’re growing up! You also will be glad to have a marriage that you’ve invested in when the kids are grown and gone! ❤️

So, keep doing the good and holy (and often mundane) work.. It’s OK if your real life doesn’t match social media highlight reels. ✨✨What matters is the hearts and lives you’re shaping! 
“Do not grow, weary in doing good, for in due season, you will reap a harvest, if you do not give up” - Galatians 6:9 

I’m proud of you! 🌺❤️
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