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Hi, I'm Jenny. Life is beautiful and hard.

Welcome to my corner of the internet. I hope to encourage you through stories of the hard, heart, and humorous parts of my life, woven together with threads of hope and faith.

What I do know is this: God is working even when life is not. God is good even when life is not. And God has good plans even when all of mine fall apart.

I’m so glad you’re here.

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A prayer that has been on my heart lately. . . . #

A prayer that has been on my heart lately.
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Are their houses always this clean? I wonder. Do t

Are their houses always this clean? I wonder.
Do they always wear real clothes (as in non-elastic garments that I’m rarely seen in these days?)
Are they always THIS nice?
These are just a few of the questions I’ve been asking myself lately about people I go to church with. Especially the ones I see both inside and outside of church.
I keep thinking, “These people are SO much better than me.”
It’s not that their lives aren’t messy and chaotic. Or that that they travel through life under an umbrella of perfection where they never get wet or cold or uncomfortable—where they’re never caught crying, pouting, or stomping their feet in the rain in a fit of frustration.
Their chaos and imperfection are there, no doubt.
But from what I can see, it’s just that they seem to handle it all so gracefully. They seem to understand SO MUCH MORE about Jesus than I do. They just seem so NICE. And HAPPY. And at ease with life.
And I can’t help but think, “Gosh, these people are just SO good.”
But then I hear a faint whisper that says, “You still aren’t getting it.”
And suddenly I remember that it’s not about them. That it’s not even about me.
It’s about HIM!
Because even with superbly clean homes and elastic-free attire, these people I know from church need Jesus just as much as I do. Because they are just that—people.
People I too often put on a pedestal simply because they SEEM to have it all together, but don’t actually. Because who does?
The truth is, there’s only One who stands atop that pedestal (even when I imagine others in His place.)
And I think—no, I know—that he prioritizes clean hearts over clean homes and real faith over real clothes.
And while I know it’s all a work in progress—especially matters of the heart and the cultivation of faith (okay, and the house too)—I think it’s time that I start looking to Him more than I look to them.
I’m a work in progress, yes. I don’t often hide my flaws well. But it’s not really about me. And it’s not really about them. It’s about Him.
And that’s the freedom I’m going to live in today.
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And aren’t we all hurting in some way? . . . #mo

And aren’t we all hurting in some way?
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Just a night out on the town with my girl at her f

Just a night out on the town with my girl at her first concert ❤️
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Or anything with caramel 🤣 . . #motherhood #mom

Or anything with caramel 🤣
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I’m remembering and grieving the gone-too-soon b

I’m remembering and grieving the gone-too-soon babies right along with you ❤️
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These days are the pages that make up the beginnin

These days are the pages that make up the beginning of their stories.
The long days spent roaming the fields of youth. Their hair blowing in the wind. Their hearts free. Their eyes lit almost constantly, even on the days when the sun retreats behind a blanket of gray.
The stretched-out days at home. Their mouths savoring pancakes for breakfast, their souls savoring the glory of God in the shades of blush that streak the early-morning sky. Their bodies tucked into the couch for movie night and popcorn as dusk peeks through the window.
The chaotic days of drop-offs and pick-ups. When I feel exhausted, but they feel safe just because I keep showing up.
The fleeting days when I get to be the first one they see in the morning and the last one they see at night.
These are the days that are writing the early chapters of their stories.
I hope they are good ones—the stories that are being written for them.
Even though I know neither one will be perfect.
Because I’m not perfect. And they’re not perfect. And life isn’t perfect.
We’re continuously learning to navigate one another’s very different personalities. We’re constantly working to rein in the circus of emotions under the big top of everyday family life. We’re always messing up, making up, and trying again.
These days are when I’m one of the main characters in the pages of their lives.
And I know there are paragraphs, maybe even chapters, that will tell of how I yell too much. Or how I forget things or let them down in a million different ways. Or how I or how I miss them even when they’re right in front of me.
But I also know there are paragraphs and chapters filled with forgiveness. Hope. Redemption. Laughter. Love upon love. And the grace of God, who somehow makes up for everything I lack.
These days are the pages of their childhood and how I mother them.
They’re beautiful and hard and lovely and sometimes make us all want to pull our hair out.
But perfect? Never.
I think I’ll leave that story up to God.
And what grace it is that His perfect story meets us in the mess of ours.
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