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Photo by Ashley Bean on Unsplash This is a very personal post. Last summer I miscarried our 5th child. Baby would have been born right about this time, so in memory of him or her, I'm sharing the following post, written a few days after our loss. Over the weekend I suffered a miscarriage in the 12th week of my pregnancy. It was one of the saddest experiences of our lives. This baby came into our lives unexpectedly and left us unexpectedly. Finding out that I was pregnant was a huge shock, and it took me a while to accept the news. But now that the baby has left us, there is pain, grief and a hole in our hearts. We hope and we pray with that one day we will meet this sweet baby in Heaven. But in the meanwhile, we mourn our loss. ...

Family board game night: fun for everyone. Photo by Jaciel Melnik on Unsplash This post contains affiliate links. Hello friends! Here's a list of things that I'm thoroughly enjoying this month. ...

Hello friend, welcome! I have a mission to help you as you embark on the crazy adventure that is marriage and family. I’ve been married for 22 years and I have to tell you, married life is nothing quite like I envisioned. It’s not quite like a Hallmark card (or movie, for that matter). It is exciting and passionate and mundane and difficult and heartwrenching, sometimes all in the span of one day. Motherhood is all that, but on steroids. But no matter how hard it gets, and how much we have to struggle to make it work, it is so very worth it. I believe that strong marriages and strong families will save the world, one couple and one family at a time. I want to celebrate your courageous choice of a seemingly ordinary life which will be your path to happiness – and save humanity to boot. As G.K. Chesterton so eloquently put it, “The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.” ...