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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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It’s phrases like this that will forever make me

It’s phrases like this that will forever make me cringe.
“All mama wants is a silent night.”
Trust me, I get it. And with two kids who rarely stop to take a breath, I FEEL it.
As an introvert and a highly sensitive person (HSP—look it up, it’s a thing) some days (and nights) I feel like the noise is literally going to end me.
If you know me in real life (and maybe virtually, too), you’ve no doubt heard me complain about the noise levels in this house. You’ve heard me beg God for silence, for an escape from the noise. Most days I truly long for it.
But I know the flip side, too.
The side of motherhood that isn’t summed up on a coffee mug. The side that doesn’t get a place on the shelf. The side that is so heartbreakingly silent, you’d forever welcome the racket from a couple of hellions and a lifetime of cold coffee.
It’s the side of motherhood that screams for the baby who lived in your womb, but didn’t make it to your arms. The side in which your baby never had the chance to fill your ears with the sound of a sharp cry. The side in which the only sound in the middle of the night was that of your own gut-wrenching sobs.
I know that if I’d come across this mug a short time after losing my babies, when the sorrow consumed me, I’d have melted into a puddle of tears right there on the floor of Target.
Because to have a truly silent night in motherhood?
Well, it’s the cup that no one wants to drink from. The cup that’s empty because grief has sucked every last drop out of it.
In these years of raising my living children, I will need breaks. I will long for silence. I will sometimes let them watch too much TV just so I can have one complete thought.
But I will never forget the dark nothingness of the silent nights after losing two babies.
And I will never forget that even with the chaos of tantrums and whining and constant chatter, there are mothers out there who are still waiting for such noise to fill their homes.
I’m not going to enjoy every moment—no one does—but knowing firsthand the emptiness and silence of loss makes me appreciate the too-noisy parts of motherhood just a little more.
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Years ago, when I was steeped in grief and despera

Years ago, when I was steeped in grief and desperate for proof that goodness still existed (and to be honest, that God was still good), I began taking note of the small, but beautiful things that peeked out from under the blanket of sorrow. During a time when life tasted overwhelmingly bitter, I found relief when I made a point to savor the small.
Life has changed over the years, but in many ways it’s as hard and complicated as ever. It’s a continual process of grieving and gratitude, growing and regressing, falling and getting back up.
The world shouts BIG, BETTER, BEST, but honestly most days are made up of small moments, mundane tasks, and a fair amount of frustration. Most days are pretty average.
Which is why I’ve continued to make it a practice to savor the small even though my dedication to it has been known to waver. I don’t want to miss the small, everyday gifts.
So, I’m showing up here now, and weekly, to hold myself accountable and #SavorTheSmall consistently. Maybe you’d like to join me?
Here’s to the very first edition of #SavorTheSmall and the small treats I’ve savored this week:
Small Miracle—A spot on the Gratitude Turkey, right up there with Jesus, which is obviously a small miracle because my kids both know I have a looooooong way to go in becoming more like Jesus.
Small Moment—A still-little (thank God!) boy with a forever little cat.
Small Growth—A big(ish) kid who makes waffles from scratch now.
Small Beauty—Sunshine that momentarily turned a brown landscape to gold.
Small Change—A blanket of white to slow a rushed world.
Small Delight—Charades, which of course required a few prompts involving poop (what’s more hilarious? 🤪)
What small things are you savoring right now? I’d love to know! And if you’d like to join me on your account, just use #savorthesmall in your post so I can find it!
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My purpose as a mother isn’t to ensure my kids h

My purpose as a mother isn’t to ensure my kids have an easy life.
It isn’t to ensure they have the best of everything or become the best at anything.
My purpose is to shape their hearts. To instill in them a sense of responsibility for themselves and for others. To let them fail and learn from that. To give them opportunities to practice perseverance. To point them to Jesus and to demonstrate for them an ongoing need for God.
My purpose as a mother goes far deeper than this superficial world so often leads me to believe.
And I’m just praying in all my insufficiency, that somehow, by the grace of God, I’ll get some of it right.
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Please, go ahead, be merry and bright. But please

Please, go ahead, be merry and bright. But please understand that not everyone can be right now.
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Just a couple thoughts for Thanksgiving day. May i

Just a couple thoughts for Thanksgiving day. May it be a gentle one.
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