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  • Today an older man came over to our table, he was eating alone, and as we talked he told us how he fostered twenty-five children, 25 lives given life. He spoke with a fond recollection, telling a story from another time that he still became lost within. His eldest daughter went on to live abroad and foster 3 refugee children and now that they are grown with families of their own they are opening their home again to three more. All I could think was LEGACY. What a beautiful, love in action, legacy. Earlier this week a friend reminded me of Jesus’ concern for others in the cross and on the cross... “Woman, behold your son...son, behold your mother.” Legacy begins when we come to the end of self. #celebratingboyhood #raisingentlemen #legacy #motherhood #momsofinstagram #generations #boymom #boymama #beyondself #foster
  • It is the light that I love most about Summer.💛 #celebratingboyhood #raisingentlemen #boysofsummer #amreading #mamasofsummer #bedtimestories #raisingreaders #herecomesthesun #magicinthesunlight #bookstack
  • all it takes sometimes is a hug around the waist and a simple reminder—“this is my favorite place mama, in your arms.”💕 #fearisaliar #loveisgreater #celebratingboyhood #raisinggentlemen #motherhoodissanctifying #momawake #changetheworld #loveyourfamily
  • Living open is the way I know, raw, exposed, like walking around with truth written all over myself. This is how I have always wanted to live. Exposing things that have hurt me to help others. Perhaps some sort of factory default setting, it wasn’t until I was older that I started to realize this wasn’t the norm for living. Heart wide open, heart exposed is how I lived. And then for years I tried to close it off to ease pain, fear, rejection. Having kids who were born with hearts wide open set the example for me to live this way again, and still I find a need for guarding my heart when I feel too exposed. A wise friend said sometimes you just cannot expose yourself anymore. I used to think this was selfish but I now realize this is self care. A place between shutting down and shutting off and simply allowing room to heal and set healthy boundaries. I am so grateful for the words of wise friends this week. For the hearts that care so much please take care of you too.💕 Maybe you need a social media break or time with real true people, time in prayer or in nature. Please take it, it’s not selfish. We need you at your best. #celebratingboyhood #raisinggentlemen #guardyourheart #fearisaliar #girlfriends #wisefriends #prayingfriends #truecommunity #truth #motherhood #friendship
  • #findyourpeople #runtowardthefire #raisinggentlemen #celebratingboyhood #amwriting #boymom #boymama #motherhoodrising
  • If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. I am not going to try to say it any better than Mother Teresa, or Mama T as I affectionately call her 💗 People’s reactions to kindness can make us shrink, put up walls, set more boundaries, if they misinterpret our intent, all which may make us want to recoil. It would be easier but it is not what he has called us to do. I understand now that’s not on me. I’m going to keep going as God made me, a woman who is free and pure in her intent. Who simply wants to love the world well. Perception of that intent is not mine. I hope you do too, the world needs it. Keep pressing on in true kindness friends.💗 #celebratingboyhood #raisinggentlemen #kindnessfirst #truth #honesty #motherteresa #mamat #hopewriters #amwriting
  • Home is universally cherished. Home is mom good meals cozy nooks a beloved pup an exhale dad stories prayer rituals a belly laugh brothers legos the butterfly magnolia tree favorite books trampoline jumps running bases banana chocolate chip bread a safety blanket We start at home. We are accountable first to home. We go out and step into our calling in the world knowing we are tethered to home. Our greatest calling is home. Upon reentry last week, my endearing term 😉 for the few times I am away from home alone, this time returning from the soul filling Writing with Grace retreat, I was inspired by @annswindell and convicted to continue to write wild truth, to remember to play + wonder. (My first blog was all about wonder and yet it is so simple to forget). Such beautiful truth in her words. My meeting with the gracious @book_leaves provided clarity and an arrow back to my heart. And certainly I pray to continue the friendships both nurtured and started at the retreat. The conversations and laughter. I will always be cheering you on @gloryannaboge @danitawrites @simplyemhumph @amyboyd418 and all the lovely women I met. 💗 Still, I felt that tug to find home again. In the writing of a book proposal, the conversations with the wise @twilabennett, the preparation, the logistics, the support of my boys, my husband most. First, I belong to home. +Thank you to all who made the weekend so special. If you have a chance, take a course from Ann, find a way to be involved in Writing with Grace. It is a beautiful thing.+ #boymom #celebratingboyhood #raisinggentlemen #home #gohomeandloveyourfamily #changetheworld #athome #theresnoplacelikehome #motherhood #motherhoodrising #writingwithgraceretreat #amwriting #hopewriters
  • Writing with wonder begins with being in awe of the God who made us. One of many truths at Writing with Grace retreat that have been pockets of divine air. @annswindell thank you.💗 #writingwithgraceretreat #wonder #wonderful #wonderfilled #play #takerisks #identityinchrist #amwriting #celebratingboyhood #raisinggentlemen

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