by Emily Wierenga | Sep 4, 2013 | #imperfectprose, bike, children, confidence, doubt, hurt, imperfect prose link-up, love, pain, parenting, redemption, training, trust
Aiden asked us to remove his training wheels this week. He’s three and a half and he’s growing weed-like and it scares me, but we took the wheels off.And that first night, Trent bent low and guided the bike long down the hamlet road, back and forth and... by Emily Wierenga | Jun 4, 2013 | cancer, church, death, faith, peace, psalm 23, shadow, sheep, shepherd, trust
I’m learning how to shepherd. I feel the call, tugging at my hemline.But before you can shepherd, you have to know what it means to be a sheep.Sabbaths are hard for me. Not because I don’t want to rest but because I feel obligated to keep doing, keep... by Emily Wierenga | Jan 6, 2013 | beliefs, disappointment, doubt, faith, foster children, hardship, Jesus, jin, joey, motherhood, sleep, sorrow, trust, trusting
joey calls “hello” from the bedroom, in his new bed upstairs, because kasher and aiden sleep together now and he’s spending every second weekend here (with us providing respite) and the rest of the time with his mom in the city.it’s a quiet... by Emily Wierenga | Dec 12, 2012 | advent, children, destiny, discouraged, dreams, hopes, imperfect prose on thursdays, Jesus, mary, savior, tara pohlkotte, trust
Mother and Child, Watercolor, by E. Wierenga (www.etsy.com/shop/canvaschild)(Guest post by Tara Pohlkotte) The flu is making its way around our house this weekleaving tired bodies, instant needs, and a weary mama leaning on door jams to regain strength when...