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What Really Has Your Heart

For a few weeks I have felt this heaviness and this nagging at my heart God was speaking to me, and I could feel it I just didn’t want to listen. Maybe it’s because I don’t want to admit that I was doing anything wrong. Maybe it’s because the fear of letting go of something is going to have major backlash on what I am trying to do. Then yesterday at mass with Father Bose and today on my podcast with Craig Groeschel I was reminded that I am trying to run from what God is trying to show me. I have one too many distractions in my line of sight to keep me from seeing what God is trying to show me. Have you ever experienced this? When you try to ignore it, it just keeps showing up in all different places until it smacks you right in the face.  I allow myself to become very distracted with things in this world that takes my heart and my eyes off of what God is trying to get to me to do. Writing my blog is important for me I really enjoy…

The Highs and Lows of Parenting

Motherhood with a toddler has been more than exhausting lately. Our youngest is 2 and has been throwing temper tantrums, challenging every thing we ask her to do, and is determined to do exactly what she wants to do when she wants to do it. Then you can throw in a back-talking, sassy and strong willed eight year old that is going on sixteen, and our five year old who is so exhausted from school she can’t even think straight, and all these things make for a constant struggle bus. These seasons of motherhood are beyond exhausting and so difficult. It is so hard to not the difficult things define your days. It is so hard to remember God’s grace and to show that grace to our children. Some days there is not enough time in the day or enough coffee, praying and wine. Lol. “Discipline is an act of love. Discipline can be positive.”- Dr. Meg Meeker One of the biggest struggles I have is discipline and doing it in a way that teaches them. So many times my beautiful, wonderful children push my buttons in all the wrong ways. They know…