“I love Jesus, but thoughts and prayers are just not enough. What are we going to do about it? When will it stop?”

- Love What Matters
- Children
“I love Jesus, but thoughts and prayers are just not enough. What are we going to do about it? When will it stop?”
“Our children need to know they aren’t alone during traumatic, scary, or uncertain times.”
“Lie to me about the state of our country because the truth causes the air in my lungs to catch on my ribcage, unable to escape. Tell me it was something other than what it actually was because these tragedies are blurring together. Lie until it’s time for the sun to come up tomorrow. Don’t tell me because I can’t bear it. Instead, tell me lies.”
“As a home-schooling, stay-at-home mom to three kids, motivation is important each day, as is lots of prayer and coffee.”
“To you it may just seem like formula, but I promise you, the issue is far deeper than that.”
“There were days when I felt so low I just wanted to go to sleep and not wake up again.”
“We can use these outbursts or meltdowns as teaching moments and help them acknowledge, communicate, and process their emotions appropriately.”
“We went from one kid to 3 kids overnight. None of my childhood dreams are my current reality, and I’m not even a little sad about it.”
“When you find out you are pregnant with your first child, your mindset shifts—a fire is set inside you.”
“The truth we are all avoiding is that while it makes motherhood easier on us, it’s going to make adulthood harder on our kids.”