Motherhood is a Marathon. Let’s run together.
Hi, I’m Emily. I am a homeschool mother of six. When I am not wiping butts or sweeping up cheerios, which is most of the time, I write my thoughts on life and motherhood here.
You are a Good Mom
I have lately been dreaming of a time to come. You see, I have had a toddler for basically the last eleven years of my life. As soon as one graduated from toddler-hood, there was always another to take its place. Yet, now, here I am, nearly at the end of my toddler line, and…
The Accounting of Suffering
It’s me. Hi. I’m back from the abyss, it’s me.Okay, it wasn’t really an abyss. More like a vortex. A vortex of moving and a last minute transition for our kids from full-time homeschool to a university-model school. I’ve meant to sit down and write a hundred times the last few months. What’s stopped me?…
When God Leads You to Bitter Waters
I stood in church a few weeks ago singing the words of a song I’ve sung many times before. “One word from you. Things change on your authority.” Normally, these words would bring me comfort, but all of a sudden, as my mind settled on an ongoing struggle with one of my kids, my mouth…
Making Kids in Our Image
My kids do not look like me. I mean, there are some traces of the fact that I am, in fact, their mother. Their big smiles, long eyelashes, and the stubborn cowlick on the right side of their heads bear witness to the fact that it was indeed I who carried them around for nine…
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