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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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October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month

October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month

If I’m being honest, I’m entering into a seaso

If I’m being honest, I’m entering into a season of transition where the pressure to produce, perform, and impress is threatening to squeeze me into submission. To force me into the mindset that what I have done and what I am doing isn’t enough. But I am resisting! Because bigger, more, and impressive aren’t always better.
I’m talking a little more about this very thing in my monthly-ish newsletter that goes out on Monday. Plus I’m including a free lock screen for a pop of encouragement for when the world tries to convince you that you have to do more. Subscribe today—link in bio.
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I didn’t cry. Nope. And no, I don’t feel b

I didn’t cry.
Nope.
And no, I don’t feel bad saying that aloud (or in print) to the numerous people who have asked me if I did.
I sent my baby boy off to kindergarten and I didn’t cry.
Instead, I found myself walking out the school doors wearing a giant, almost ridiculous grin. In the car, halfway home, I realized I was still smiling, the corners of my lips stretched from ear to ear.
And how could I not be?
Joy was alive within the school walls. Even the parking lot buzzed with goodness. Teachers welcomed “their” kids with open arms and laughter. Many, not all, parents said goodbye with at least a hint of relief on their lips (THANK YOU teachers, for we are tired!) Little friends were happily reunited. Last year’s preschoolers joined the realm of Big Kids, stepping over the threshold into a whole new world called Kindergarten.
And I smiled.
Because there’s something special about a new school year.
There’s something special about observing how much our kids can change in just one summer.
There’s something special about sending my baby off to the greatest adventure of his life so far.
There’s something special about watching kids grow up, even if it does seem to happen disorientingly fast.
And there’s something special about the teachers and school staff who so obviously love what they do, and who they serve.
I’m actually rather sentimental. I’m absolutely a sucker for nostalgia. I might always wonder what it would be like to have another baby.
Each new milestone might always leave me with a bittersweet aftertaste.
As the years pass, I will absolutely look through old pictures and marvel at how the babies I once held have grown. And grown. And grown. I might even get teary-eyed at the memories of what was. I will for sure reminisce.
But I am not sad that my baby has started kindergarten.
I’m happy to be able to experience this milestone with him.
I’m happy to watch him grow.
I’m happy to be able to see who he is becoming.
I’m happy to be at this stage where I will begin to watch him forge his own path.
This is exactly what’s supposed to happen.
And I’m so happy to be watching it all unfold.
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One of the hardest parts of social media is that w

One of the hardest parts of social media is that we tend to only see the flowers, and not the weeds.
We think everyone’s lives are in full bloom, untroubled, untouched by struggle.
But the truth is we all have weeds growing in the cracks. We’re all fighting against them, trying to resist their takeover.
Life can be really beautiful, can’t it?
But don’t believe the lie that you are alone in the weeds.
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