by Emily Wierenga | Jun 3, 2013 | bible, faith, guilt, kids, mom, motherhood, motivation, parenting, pregnancy, school, summer
So it’s summer.The kids are out of school, or soon they will be, but the housework doesn’t end and their needs don’t either.And maybe you’re pregnant and hormonal like me.Maybe you’re missing your evening glass of wine and your morning... by Emily Wierenga | May 31, 2013 | children, christian, faith, family, farming, hope, Jesus, motherhood, parenting
Sometimes all you can hear is the quiet and it’s the loudest sound ever.The sound of your heart singing to the One that made you, and you hear it as the boys are running in the soil barefoot, Opa’s tractor in the distance dropping seed into the dirt.You... by Emily Wierenga | Dec 3, 2012 | children, darkness, dreams, Jesus, monsters, nightmares, parenting, prayer, satan, spiritual warfare
the green bunny is normally enough. sometimes aiden lets me wash it so it’s nice and soft but most of the time he carries it everywhere, my three year-old, while his brother carries a brown bear.but lately the bunny’s lost its power, and i’ve been... by Emily Wierenga | Nov 7, 2012 | boys, busy, imperfect prose on thursdays, motherhood, organization, parenting, scheduling, she loves magazine, sons, stay-at-home, working mom, writing
Sometimes it’s hard, knowing how to balance ourselves with our kids and our husband and the washing machine going 24-7. Sometimes it’s about finding ourselves in the piles of laundry, in the peanut-butter kisses and the sticky hands trying to close your laptop when... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 10, 2012 | babies, children, dying, God, hard, holy, imperfect prose on thursdays, killing, new testament, old testament, parenting, prayer
aiden is talking in full sentences now, so i’m trying to make Jesus a part of our regular vocabulary, and i am putting him to bed, asking him if he knows how much God loves him. he stretches his arms out wide like a cross. “this much” he whispers.... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 5, 2012 | adoption, bruises, children, foster care, foster children, love, metamorphosis, motherhood, parenting, preschool
last night trent and i fell asleep together on the couch during a sitcom. trent never falls asleep during a show.the night before that, i fell asleep at the supper table. it’s been a long week. joey started pre-school, and i’m a mess because i’m...