No Drama Mama

I woke up this morning with some serious emotion stirring in my heart. Aside from posting a piece I wrote forever ago that was in my draft box, I haven't posted in a long time. As I was saying, my mind has been wondering all over the place today.  I feel as if I might burst with everything I'm feeling.  I wonder why at times God puts such profound things on our heart...a battle of sorts that I must forge on with in order to figure out the outcome. I can't place the feeling, is it longing, sadness, peace or is it the feeling of being reconciled with past things that I lacked understanding for that I now can let rest? I don't know the answer. Last week I was searching for a balance in who I am as a mom and who I am as an individual.  I felt left behind by my old self.  In this season it seemed only natural to focus on my three little ones  (since I wrote last we welcomed a baby girl into our family, a post to come). G is in kindergarten, J is in preschool a...

I can't begin to express what I think it means to be a sister, to have a sister or sisters. In my mind its supposed to be this fierce, I've got your back, I know your story and "I love you despite all of that" kind of affection. Its magical, its freeing, its no judgement, its a force to be reckoned with. To me, sisterhood is an incredible bond between women who unconditionally care for one another, who want to see the best in each other and who want the world for one another.  It's celebrating each others differences and strengths as well as weakness. Sisterhood is learning from the other with an open heart, it's a "when her heart aches mine aches with her" kind of bond. Sisterhood is being each others "Naomi", where she goes I will go....It's trust!     There are so many beautiful quotes about sisterhood, they make the relationship sound so enchanting, something to strive for.  If you didn't have a sister it makes you wish...