A long, long time ago when this blog was still in its infancy, I had a column called, “Ask Dena.” I invited my readers to share their pressing life questions with me & I answered them with gentle guidance & love. One time, a reader…
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It’s the Little Things: Family Time Well Spent With the Littles
Read moreAs a parent, it’s so easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of life. You get up Monday morning to start your busy weekday lives only to go to bed Sunday night to do the same thing all over again Monday morning.…
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Easter 2019
Read moreOnce Easter arrives it always feels like spring is truly here. We celebrated the day with family, Easter egg hunts, and lots of love. On the night before Easter, after I tucked my babies into bed, I told them the story of the Resurrection for…
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Mom Hack: Keeping Little Hands Clean!
Read moreThank you Brawny® Tear-A-Square® for sponsoring this post. Think of all the ways you can Put a Square There! How are you, friends? It’s finally beginning to feel like spring around here for more than a fleeting moment. It has been such a dream watching…
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A Mommy & Me Birthday Breakfast Date
Read moreI can’t believe that my baby girl turns 4 this month! Can someone please explain how that happened? Because I swear it was just yesterday that we were celebrating her 2nd birthday… I have no idea how it happened, but I do know that we…
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Marina Grace at 3 Years + 11 Months
Read moreMarina and I had a little impromptu photo shoot this week. I love these snaps so much because they capture her silly spirit so perfectly. She really is such a goof ball and it cracks me up. I know that I say it a lot,…
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Roman James at 5 Years + 8 Months
Read moreSometime in the last month, Roman started to read. Of all of the miraculous things I have witnessed in my time as his mother, this has perhaps been the most amazing. Somehow, I have always struggled to imagine that tremendous leap that occurs when a…
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2019: A Year of Abundance
Read more2015: Survive 2016: Bravery 2017: Strength 2018: Build 2019: Abundance My words of the year, these last five years, tell a story. My story of surviving, of bravery, of strength, of rebuilding, and of — at last — thriving in the abundance that God has…
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Gingerbread Houses (& What Happened to December?)
Read moreHello, friends! I am going to do a little bit of a catch up. December was a whirlwind for so many reasons. The kids & I got taken down by a virus from hell that left me useless for two weeks. It was terrible. I…