BLESSED BEYOND EXHAUSTION
School started last week in Georgia. I’m not sure why the kids have to go back to school IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER, but whatever. I’m not in charge. As I am contemplating the beginning of school, I have come up with three ways we can pray for our children this school year. (Obviously, there are many ways we can pray for our kids, but these three kept coming to…
Are you a dreamer? Did God write something on your heart years ago, yet it has gone unfulfilled? Sometimes God gives us a desire. For me, my first passion was to have a family. To be a mom. I had no desire to climb the corporate ladder. I didn’t want to be a career woman. I just wanted to be a mom. And the Lord has blessed me with three…
How is it already the end of July?!? Summer is over – my kids go back to school on August 4, which seems absolutely ridiculous. And I’m not sure if I’m happy or sad about it. But here are some things that I am happy about: Rhinestone Jesus: So far, this is one of my favorite books of 2016. (It was actually published a few years ago. I’m just a little…
I posted this essay a few months ago on The Journey Of Parenthood blog but I thought I would post it here as well. Enjoy! My 20th high school reunion was a few years ago. Yes, I know I’m old so you don’t need to mention it. What comes to your mind when you think of high school? For me, I think of homecoming parades and being captain of…
Have you ever lived a dream vicariously through one of your children? I know we shouldn’t make a habit of doing that, but I actually got to experience a little bit of a dream a few weeks ago. I had the privilege of sitting in on one of Brienne’s recording sessions as she played and sang a couple songs in her piano instructor’s studio. The whole process was fascinating to…
Hi. My name is Adrienne, and I’m a planner. Yes, yes I am. I am one of those people who like to have a plan or a program to adhere to. Trying to lose weight? I want a list of exactly what I am supposed to eat and exactly which exercises I should do each day. Trying to memorize scripture? I want a notebook with a list of verses and…
Today is the 4th of July! We live in a wonderful place where we experience freedoms unparalleled by any other country around the world. I’m grateful to live in a nation where I can pursue any career I choose, marry any man I want, practice whatever religion I prefer, and raise my kids the way I see fit. (These rights may change in the near future, but as of now,…
It’s the end of June (what?!) so here are a few things I’m loving right now. Me Before You book (and movie): I know there is some controversy surrounding this movie because of the assisted suicide theme. I get it. I do. So if that is something you just can’t get over, don’t go see the movie. But here’s the deal – I read this book 3 years ago and…
Brienne is at the age where she likes to hang out with her friends more than she likes to hang out with our family. She is always either at a friend’s house or a friend is at our house. She has one particularly sweet and sassy friend that spends the night a lot. Last week, this friend walked into my kitchen and said this to me: Wow. Mrs. Adrienne. You…
Peter recently returned home from his sixth (and final!) deployment. He had been in Afghanistan for the past six months while the kids and I stayed here in Valdosta, galavanting and having great fun trying to survive until he got home. Deployments stink. There is no other way to describe them. When Peter is deployed, I miss him. Obviously. And the kids miss him. Plus, it’s exhausting being the sole adult…