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  • I think it would be lovely to pull up a blanket and write amongst the tidy rows of apple trees. 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎 #myhappyplace #applepicking #orchard #fall #autumn #amwriting #boymom #abundance #harvest #prayedforrain
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  • Hi there, 👋🏻I see some new faces around here and I have never done one of these Friday introductions before, so here we go— We made it, this week was a rough one, I should say y’all at this point but I’m from the Chicago suburbs and no one would buy it. We need a word though up here, neighbors to the north.🤔 + I’m Michelle, I have five boys and the scars and proof that four came out at once, see those bags under my eyes. Precious. + In all truth, they are my reason for all I do, everything I fight for and through. I love them fiercely and beyond measure, yet I am so committed to raising them to be the good guys, the gentlemen, and friends it’s not easy. Honestly, not because of them but because of this world we live in. Still we own us and can only control us. + Moms are on my mind often, my heart is to encourage, give hope, and help you stay the course for your family and the legacy you are creating. + The most accurate description of parenting was from a mom of quintuplets plus 1, she was watching us nearby at the beach running back and forth to the bathroom, the car, carrying one, two, three at a time, trying to keep the sand out of the mouths, the sunscreen on, and not lose anyone. She said it gets easier physically, but harder mentally. Now with four 9 yos and one 13 yo, I agree completely. + Anytime I write about raising the good ones, there is resistance, first the negative voices in my head, then the things we need to shore up within our own walls, and then all the stuff on the outside— what kids (and their parents) sling in their own immaturity and desperate need for attention. Sometimes it’s too much, but we can’t stay there for long, we have work to do. You have good work to do. + I love to hear from you (again y’all would come in handy here). Send me a message, reply to a story, just say hello! + #fridayintroductions #celebrateboyhood #raisegentlemen #hopewriters #writerstowatch #amwriting #writersofinstagram #boymom #momofboys #momofmultiples
  • As this born at the end of summer girl struggles to relinquish the season, it is easy to focus on what we left on the proverbial bucket list. Download your free un-bucket list on the blog to create your summer legacy. Call it good. See summer through your children’s eyes, they are much more forgiving.Link in profile. #celebrateboyhood #raisegentlemen #unbucketlist #legacyofsummer #summer #boymom #summerwelllived
  • Yesterday, at Hogwarts. 💚❤️💛💙 #celebratebig #letthembelittle #gryffindor #slytherin #ravenclaw #hufflepuff #quadruplets #nine #platformnineandthreequarters #harrypotter #quidditch #ministryofmagic #honeydukes #ollivanders #hogwarts
  • As I write this, he is out in the garage cutting, sanding, and creating signs for the boys upcoming birthday party for me to paint. One of our sons turns to me and tells me how hard he works for us. He notices and the words catch in his throat, a combination of admiration and protectiveness. It quickly brings me back to why, to us. Eighteen years ago on September 10th, these two kids said I do.Their wildest dreams could not have imagined what they were saying yes to. They did not have the answers then, nor do they now. What they have learned through the heavy, serious,ordinary, beautiful, and incredible days, in living out the width of life together, is that marriage is coming to the end of self every day. Even when, especially when, you don't want to. Only to wake up the next day and make the choice of us over me again. Every day. To name what threatens and bring it to the light. To know that shame will always try to confuse love, but love is the only true way to conquer shame. To remember they are not another's enemy or roadblock. And who wins when they fight for one another. That each day is really so damn precious. Still, they will take it for granted until one of them reminds the other what they are here for, what they came for, an who is watching They are a force to be reckoned with united. And there is so much in this life to love. And every year their simple hope is to get the chance to keep getting better at it all, together. ❤️ #eighteenyears #anniversary #wife #love #marriage
  • Every year I pause the day before their birthday (as I do with my oldest) to remember what it was like to bring life into the world. To become mama for the first time or the second, third, fourth, and fifth 😉. Walk with me as I share in my stories just what life quadrupled is like.👶🏻👶🏻👶🏻👶🏻 #lifewithboys #boymom #boymomlife #celebrateboyhood #raisegentlemen #multiples #quadruplets #lifewithmultiples #tiredmama #miracles #nicu #hope #fullheart #lovedbeyondmeasure
  • My boys call these heaven clouds. They come find me excitedly to take a photo. A glimpse of heaven shining down. A connection for just a few seconds to both the magic and majesty of our ultimate home. We are captivated by the sky, frozen in the moment. Awash in peace. The longing for peace is real, for our burdens to lighten, for the sunlight on our faces. For more grace, immense grace and less judgmental glances. For more “how are you?” instead of “why didn’t she?”. For less us, more them, more Him. A true heart check, saying hello doesn’t make you kind if that’s where it stops. Be someone that brings heaven down to your neighbors. Give them a glimpse of the glory clouds. #truecommunity #heapsofgrace #handsandfeetofjesus #itsnotaboutyou #heavenclouds

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