"Clare, it's just so hard. My baby was sleeping well and now at 3 months is never consistent and I can't figure out any sort of routine!" "My mother in law took a turn for the worse. I am traveling back and forth from their house to mine and it's been hard to get to...
There are some posts where God works on my heart by just marinating a subject for a while. He gives me something--either by my own revelation, or a comment from someone--and then adds on top of it as the weeks pass. It's a gradual process but by the end of it, I feel...
Conversation #1: Our unchurched neighbor sat down on our couch as he was perplexed over our conversation, "Well my sister's church asks that they give 10% of their money to them. My sister DOES THAT. That's crazy!" Conversation #2: "Man. They have some nice cars. How...
UPDATE: I first wrote this post 2 years ago. Now I can add that my daughter just finished kindergarten, so this is all fresh in my mind! My son just finished kindergarten! It has been so fun watching him progress through the year. I volunteer in his classroom twice a...
A fog. That's the best way I can describe it. The past 4 weeks have had me in a bit of a fog...and feeling a little suffocated. I'm not sure if you've ever been in a spot like that before, but I thought I'd share with you my experience. There were a few things...
"Clare, this company will take everything out of you. The more you feed it, the more it wants. You have to figure out YOUR limits and stop feeding the beast." It was a conversation I had with a co-worker years ago when I was working in corporate America. I was in a...