Letters to Taylor: On Miracles Sweetest Taylor, Tonight my arms are aching to hold you. The longing to feel you breathing is taking my breath captive and my mama’s heart can hardly beat. The pains that I thought were beginning to ease up have returned with a vengeance and I imagine they are like the phantom pains of an amputee, rattling nerves due to something missing. You feel … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Miracles
Letters to Taylor: On Singing Again
Letters to Taylor: On Singing Again My sweet girl, I am getting accustomed to the barren space in my world without you here. It’s strange how the pain still feels vast and deep, yet a numbness surrounds it. I don’t know how to compartmentalize the grief of losing you because you came from me and are a part of me. But the new routines of daily living are beginning to take shape and actually … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Singing Again
Rescue Me Prayer
Life on planet earth is complex, isn't it? I've been reading the book of Psalms almost every day since the first of the year. Some days I just read one or a few verses and other days, I read several chapters. Last week I read Psalm 69. And then I read it again. And again. I originally highlighted verses 13-18: But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord. At an acceptable time, O … [Read more...] about Rescue Me Prayer
Letters to Taylor: On Anguish
Letters to Taylor: On Anguish Sweet Taylor, I can hardly believe 3 months have passed since I have held you in my arms. The ache seems impossible for time to heal. The wound feels as gaping as the day you were diagnosed with MPS almost 18 years ago and as I've written to you before, I’ve come to realize that only heaven will fill that hole. Last week your buddies aka siblings were out of … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Anguish
Pure Joy Bible Reading Plan & Journal Challenge
Welcome to the April 2019 Bible reading plan and journal challenge! If this is your first time here, then I’m so glad to have you! Could I ask you to slow down for just a minute as you read this post? God has called me to host the monthly Bible reading challenge and I’ve done so for almost a decade in obedience to Him. After losing our precious Taylor to heaven on January 2, I have … [Read more...] about Pure Joy Bible Reading Plan & Journal Challenge
Letters to Taylor: On Growth
Letters to Taylor: On Growth My sweetest Taylor, This morning as I was folding laundry, I found one of your socks in the corner of a fitted bedsheet. Something that might have previously slightly annoyed me was a beautiful gift instead. It’s amazing how my perspective has been turned upside down. As I held your little sock in my hand, I thought about how your feet had stopped growing and … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Growth
5 Simple Ways to Encourage Yourself as a Mom
Parenting is 24/7 365 days a year. Day and night, weekday and weekend. Meals and laundry. Schedules and appointments. Routines and exceptions. School and church. You get it. I get it. We all get it. The Mom life can be exhausting! Right? As mom to the Wojo tribe, I've walked through many stages of motherhood over 22 years. I've experienced parenting through infancy, toddlerhood, preschool, … [Read more...] about 5 Simple Ways to Encourage Yourself as a Mom
Letters to Taylor: On Change
Letters to Taylor:On Change Dear TayTay, Change sucks. Shh! Don’t tell anyone I used that word, because the kids aren’t allowed to say it. I never say it aloud. Just doesn’t sound ladylike. But what I mean is that change is almost always difficult. Though I’m working to find joy through the transition of adapting to life without you, sorrow still runs deep. We were creatures of … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Change