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Prayer

  I just finished reading Fervent by Priscilla Shirer, and if this book does not invigorate change in the way you pray after you are done, you need to read it again. This book challenged me to think about the way I pray at times. There were places in this book that made me cry and realize that I am human and it’s ok I’m normal. I am so grateful for the amount of encouragement this book gave to me. Prayer has always been a hard thing for me; I always feel like I am not doing it right or saying the right thing. I used to look at people that said I can hear God or I felt Him and roll my eyes because I honestly felt like it wasn’t a real thing. I can now without a doubt say that those people are right and He does speak to us you just have to be ready and willing to listen to Him. “Prayer is how we isolate the real problems. And prayer is how we get up behind those problems and attack them at the roots. It’s how we…

Find your tribe

Finding your tribe of friends especially when you become a mom is hard. I have lost some friendships ultimately because we moved and didn’t keep in touch as much or because we weren’t on the same level as moms or in life. You need to find friends that push you to be a better version of yourself, ones who can inspire you, friends who ultimately feed your soul and not eat it. It takes awhile for you to find your groove as a mom at first, and my best advice is to find the moms that you want to be like. I have met moms at gymnastics, the park, the zoo, our neighborhood, you can find them everywhere. You have to push yourself out of your comfort zone of keeping to yourself and just reach out to them. I have two of my high school girlfriends that are still to this day my best friends.  We have made it through the awkward stages of life together, thanks jr. high, and we were there for each other through all the drama of high school and now into adulthood. In all truth no one will ever know you…