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I always tell one of my girls that the truth is easier. And isn’t that true? The truest? Lies and deceit and manipulation and self-service make things sooo hard. ”Living in a web,” is how this daughter describes it. Smart girl. . I love the Message version of these verses (below). “Keep it simple.” Simple is a good litmus test for whether or not I’m tracking with Jesus. If life is overly complicated, I know I am lost. I know (and often forget) God‘s way is easy! Not without hardship - but without anxiety and confusion. If life simple and clear - if there’s peace - keep going. Keep doing simple! . “...’Now here’s what I want you to do: Tell the truth, the whole truth, when you speak. Do the right thing by one another...Don’t cook up plans to take unfair advantage of others. Don’t do or say what isn’t so...Keep your lives simple and honest.’ Decree of GOD.” ‭‭Zechariah‬ ‭8:14-17‬ ‭MSG‬‬ https://www.bible.com/97/zec.8.14-17.msg #lgg #lovegodgreatly #verseoftheday #keepitsimple

I’m no saint, but I definitely talk more trash to myself about myself in my head than I do to anyone else by miles and miles and miles. Being kind, like really kind - and compassionate! - to myself is a new thing I’ve been playing with on and off since Claire was born. Today, with a blessedly empty house, I am looking forward to being kind to myself just as I am today, right now - a worn out, tired, slightly frumpy, ol’ mom who gave it her all this summer. Join me? #selfcare #kindness #wordsmatter #rest #lgg

I raise my coffee to you, parents everywhere. You survived the summer! Happy back-to-school. 🌞

Today in toddler sleep training: this.

They *look* like angels don’t then? BUT almost a week in, I am amazed they make it back into their own beds (bc you know tucking them in is a joke, right?), that no one has hurt anyone, that the curtains are still hanging and that they don’t fall out a thousand times/night with all the spinning they do...

I love cussing. I do. I love it. Sometimes there’s nothing better than a good eff-bomb or a trailing sh’ttt. And that’s when I know I’m off. Likewise, a justified bark at my kiddos is a red flag waving. “Mom, you’ve lost it.” So. Here’s to a day committed to being aware of my heart - not only what’s on it and in it and what’s coming out of it, but also what it needs. And by this awareness, God willing, a softening of it will follow.

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