A little over one month ago I boarded a plane for what was a secret dream of mine. I had only spoken it out loud a few months earlier: “I’d like to be in a movie or on a TV show I enjoy.” It was actually #7 on a list of 21 dreams I held
I heard her as I passed by in the store, my soul cringed: I hate 2020. I just can’t wait for this year to be over, I’m so ready to move on! I know full well what she meant, so much of this year has been exhausting in its sustained fever of grief, tension and
When we sat down to do our Yates Family Vision session in January of 2020 (an annual tradition since our first year married), we held a handful of dreams. One dream was to watch our little girl finish Kindergarten and start 1st grade at her dearly loved school. Thankfully we did get to celebrate her
You’ve read it in memes all over the socials. I’ve said it myself, to myself and others in varying ways too, ever since the Coronavirus was first discovered: We need to just trust God. And it’s true. But…how do we actually do this when our worlds flip inside out? When our homes turn into schools,
This month I shared my “word of the year” over on the socials. My word was a clear choice this year, but really this word has been calling to me for years. The more I meditate on my word, the more I see its themes weaving through significant healing and transformative moments of my life!
Two months ago I witnessed God’s mysterious way of working “all things together for good”. It was the launch day for my latest book, A Mother of Thousands (available now here, or here, or here, or here or anywhere books are sold…so shop anywhere you like!) It was a culmination of years of infertility struggle,
The phrase jumped clean off the glossy turquoise water covered page and I realized at last what had been bugging me all morning. The popular brand rallies its customers to buy into a belief that life should feel good all the time, easy, breezy and full of color and prosperity. We like this
Deep breath in, hold for four counts, now breathe out. May is almost over. I sat back recently and wondered if May has always felt this intense. It has. Ever since Kindergarten when I had a mullet haircut. (No picture provided. And, you’re welcome.) May is the month everything structured stops and the big, hot, easy
You cannot be over the age of 35 and fly to Colorado to speak at a 3-day teen conference without thinking about it. In fact, it was nearly all I could think about as the plane began it’s descent. The thoughts that rolled over in my head were themselves like dusty folders from high school
One week ago I stood on the edge of a beautiful ridge in Orange County, California, trying to get just the right angle with my iPhone to capture the wonder of a mountain scape at my back and an oceanic vista at my front. Ya’ll, I’m no photographer. I couldn’t get it. But it was
A little over one month ago I boarded a plane for what was a secret dream of mine. I had only spoken it out loud a few months earlier: “I’d like to be in a movie or on a TV show I enjoy.” It was actually #7 on a list of 21 dreams I held
I heard her as I passed by in the store, my soul cringed: I hate 2020. I just can’t wait for this year to be over, I’m so ready to move on! I know full well what she meant, so much of this year has been exhausting in its sustained fever of grief, tension and
When we sat down to do our Yates Family Vision session in January of 2020 (an annual tradition since our first year married), we held a handful of dreams. One dream was to watch our little girl finish Kindergarten and start 1st grade at her dearly loved school. Thankfully we did get to celebrate her
You’ve read it in memes all over the socials. I’ve said it myself, to myself and others in varying ways too, ever since the Coronavirus was first discovered: We need to just trust God. And it’s true. But…how do we actually do this when our worlds flip inside out? When our homes turn into schools,
This month I shared my “word of the year” over on the socials. My word was a clear choice this year, but really this word has been calling to me for years. The more I meditate on my word, the more I see its themes weaving through significant healing and transformative moments of my life!
Two months ago I witnessed God’s mysterious way of working “all things together for good”. It was the launch day for my latest book, A Mother of Thousands (available now here, or here, or here, or here or anywhere books are sold…so shop anywhere you like!) It was a culmination of years of infertility struggle,
The phrase jumped clean off the glossy turquoise water covered page and I realized at last what had been bugging me all morning. The popular brand rallies its customers to buy into a belief that life should feel good all the time, easy, breezy and full of color and prosperity. We like this
Deep breath in, hold for four counts, now breathe out. May is almost over. I sat back recently and wondered if May has always felt this intense. It has. Ever since Kindergarten when I had a mullet haircut. (No picture provided. And, you’re welcome.) May is the month everything structured stops and the big, hot, easy
You cannot be over the age of 35 and fly to Colorado to speak at a 3-day teen conference without thinking about it. In fact, it was nearly all I could think about as the plane began it’s descent. The thoughts that rolled over in my head were themselves like dusty folders from high school
One week ago I stood on the edge of a beautiful ridge in Orange County, California, trying to get just the right angle with my iPhone to capture the wonder of a mountain scape at my back and an oceanic vista at my front. Ya’ll, I’m no photographer. I couldn’t get it. But it was
