When Life Gives You Dirty Laundry, Be Thankful You Have Clothes

Some days I am a Rock Star. I wake up with my alarm clock a few hours before the kiddos do. I spend time reading my Bible and praying. I get some of my computer work done, and even put on real clothes. The kids wake up and our day progresses in a perfect melody of homeschool greatness. My daughter might even proclaim how much she loves math. Well, that may be going a little too far.   But then there are the other days. The days when nothing seems to go right, and I feel like a failure. I …

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When Mom Wears a Dress

I slid open my closet door and surveyed the options. Black pants, khaki pants, gray pants, Capri pants. Hmmm… what to wear to church? Shuffling aside a few hangers, I spied a pink summer dress stuffed between a pair of corduroys and an old cardigan. When was the last time I wore you? I spoke silently to the dress. Oh yeah, last year for that wedding shower—banished to my closet ever since, poor thing. I pulled it out and scanned for wrinkles. Not too shabby. I slipped on the dress, strapped my sandals, and met my family in the kitchen. …

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