by Emily P Freeman | Oct 12, 2016 | motherhood
Sometimes our minds need time to process our realities, even when our reality is obvious to everyone else. No amount of lecture or explanation will help us to see something until we’re ready to see it for ourselves. That’s why it’s possible to be the...
by Emily P Freeman | Jun 23, 2016 | faith, motherhood, thankfulness
When it comes to finding God in ordinary places, no one does it better than Christie Purifoy. The first time I read her writing, it felt like coming home. I found her book, Roots and Sky, during a time when I felt stuck and unable to read any other writing. Somehow...
by Emily P Freeman | Jun 16, 2016 | breathe, motherhood
Today I’m thankful to welcome Alexandra Kuykendall, a writer I’ve had the privilege of meeting, to listen and learn first-hand how genuine she is. I read (and endorsed!) her first book, The Artist’s Daughter, and now she has a second book out in the...
by Emily P Freeman | May 6, 2015 | grace, motherhood
It’s May, what I like to call work-with-the-windows-open-in-my-office month. Now I can hear the community sounds as they rise up to greet me at my desk – the distant lawn mower, the mailman pulling up into the cul-de-sac, kids laughing from the trampoline,...
by Emily P Freeman | Jan 12, 2015 | faith, motherhood
Last week we walked through a profound disappointment with one of our girls. I use the word “profound” because that’s how it feels when you’re eleven. Basically, she longed for something that, in the end, belonged to someone else. As her mom, I...
by Emily P Freeman | Aug 14, 2014 | family, motherhood
The next few days may be marked with lasts, but soon her grown-up child begins a new set of firsts. She helps him pack his bags with clothes and his boxes with books. But you see what the mamas carry in their hearts – anticipation, longing, love, regret, anxiety,...
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