Everyday Insights and Real Life Stories

The night before last, I had gotten out of the shower and was laying down, talking to my husband and that’s when it happened.  My baby girl kicked and I saw it from the outside of my stomach. This is the first time that had happened and you can imagine how excited my husband and I were.  It was the most amazing moment since we saw her for the first time and heard her little heart galloping away at the ultrasound. I know it’s really cliche to say, but every time I feel her move it’s like another little miracle that God has blessed me with.  My husband hasn’t been able to feel or see her movements yet, so it’s like a private secret that baby and I share, just the two of us.  This got me thinking. The Bible has a lot to say about babies.  Psalm 139:13-16 speaks of how God builds and designs us from the start.  Even before I knew I had a baby growing inside of me, God was there, putting her body together and forming her perfectly how He wanted her to be...

I know it may seem as though I haven’t posted anything in centuries, but trust me, it feels that way for me too.  I have several pending posts that I just haven’t had the chance to finish writing yet, but I hope to fix that soon.  You know those seasons of life when it seems that everything is happening at once and it takes conscious thought just to remember to breathe, much less take the time to write a blog post?  That’s where my life has been for about the past year. Let me catch you up on some of the things that have happened: I did an internship at a church in St. Louis last June.  It was an amazing experience but it kept me pretty busy.  As a result, I was really only able to find time to post the poems that you’ll find further back in the archives of this blog and that you can find on my YouTube channel (feel free to go check them out! And here’s a link to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDQhCvWIEyHRSLGOPe3fcUg ) My (then) fiance and ...