It is a curious and tragic paradox of the human condition that we seem to reserve our deepest wells of patience for people we do not know, while serving the dregs of our frustration to the people we love the most. It is alarming to me how easy it is to offer a polite smile to a grocery clerk when they make a mistake, yet absolutely eviscerate my spouse or children when they do the exact same thing. How can I be kind to strangers but mean to my own flesh and blood or my spouse who I vowed to love “until death do us part?”

Our ninth child… we are excited to welcome her into our family. Her name has a profound meaning to us. We hope it encourages you as you read about it. In the fall of 2020 we lost her older sister. We grieved Sky Philia Iverson and the life she never got to live. The months […]

  I slump through leading my class of ten little 4 and 5 year-olds  feeling defeated…..by my own child. I see every time he wanders off the carpet, every time he jumps up to do something without me asking or when he shows aggression towards any perceived misdemeanor from his peers, and my mind wanders […]

It feels like it was just two months ago, not 20 years ago, that she left the aching void. The mother void. And if Trina Hammack’s theories about 20 year cycles of emotional trauma happening in an individual are true, my story might just back her claims. How is it that the very same uncommon […]

Kimberly’s summer recap with some awesome pictures… Sleeping bags. Sleeping bags. And more sleeping bags…. Socks scattered. socks in the family room. socks on the front porch. socks by the trampoline. mismatched socks in the laundry. Doors opening…and rarely shutting. letting in thick humidity and letting out paid-for electricity in the form of cool air. […]

Bible balanced on boppy pillow, the verses come alive in a whole new way… “Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her,     all you who love her; …. For you will nurse and be satisfied     at her comforting breasts; you will drink deeply     and delight in her overflowing abundance.” Isaiah 66:10-13 For I am living a microcosm of this […]

Hello Little One! My, there’s a story behind your very existence. A family faith walk, a season of defeat and despair, a season of closing ourselves off to the possibility of…you, and then a sweet season of your Creator gently whispering to us and wooing us back into trusting Him with our family size and […]