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  • Healing, Hoping, Hurting: Miscarriage Part 2
  • Living With Hypochondria (Or Dying With It. Either One.)
  • When You’re Not Ready For Easter: On Miscarriage and Miserable March
  • I Went to a Mom Conference
  • When the Real World Smacks you in the Face
  • Why Does God Allow Asthma?
  • How to Introduce Your Child To Jesus (easy steps that a still-learning mommy can do)
  • 5 good things about days when you feel like a useless blob
  • on loss: {How To Enjoy Life When Others Hurt}
  • A Real Christmas Story
  • Why Quiet Times are Difficult…Contest Winners!
  • Why Quiet Times are Difficult for Busy Moms: A confession and a contest
  • The Hard Thing About Being a Mom
  • God Loves Mommy Ducks
  • How I Found Mr. Right
  • worry, and heaven, and C.S. Lewis
  • Dear Steven Curtis Chapman
  • literary analysis of my life
  • worries, culture, and updates
  • Before 30
  • No Shortcuts
  • I am no Corrie ten Boom…
  • Help Wanted
  • The jogger, the Westin, baby Ty and me
  • Tailor-made troubles and hand-picked kids
  • My Favorite Song

  • a current events update, from someone very out of the loop
  • Love and Lysol
  • On Love And Worry
  • Successes and Talents
  • Praying the Promises of God
  • What we hope for our children
  • More on Death
  • On Lord of the Rings
  • In Defense of Calvinism
  • Ava and Suffering
  • I am an Israelite
  • Perspective
  • It’s Hard Work
  • You…In target
  • Eyeore Cheers Up
  • My Rats Are Disappearing
Hi! I’m Jessica. Former English teacher turned homeschooling mom of three. ESTJ. iPhone addict (in recovery). Anxiety overcomer. Allergy mom (only slightly neurotic). Loved by God, and wife to Mr. Fix Anything. I run a mean 12-minute mile and can make just about anything dairy free. I’m glad you’re here! Read More >>>
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