A Note From My Mother

It seems lately I have heard several times how blessed I am how to have the parents I do.  I will admit that I took them for granted for many years, particularly my mother.  It took having babies myself for me to appreciate the pain, joy, and sacrifices she had experienced being my mother.  

As we were packing up our stuff to head to Northwest Arkansas to stay with my parents until we go to Houston later this month, I found this note she sent me before I had Drew.  

You are ready to pack your bag for the trip to the hospital.  One of the things I remember  about the day you were born involves a flat, glass marble your brother gave me on our trip to the hospital in Fayetteville.  He knew I was hurting and he leaned over the seat and gave me a blue marble to hold on to so it wouldn’t hurt so much.  I don’t have a blue marble to stick in your bag, but I do have this cross I wish you to take.  After all, all we say and do is about the cross and the one who suffered pain for us so we could be blessed.  He is with you in a way I can’t be. Hold tight to him. 

Love and Prayers, Mom

As a soon to be first time mother, I was naive to what was ahead and thought that I was big enough to handle having a baby on my own.  We lived in Florida and had pretty much told our parents that they could just come after Drew was born.  

In her wisdom as a mother, she came anyway.  I went into labor early and ended up having a c-section.  She flew to Florida the day we came home from the hospital. I have never been so happy to see my mother.  Since that day, our relationship has changed in a way that I never imagined.  Each night that I am up at 2 am with a sick little boy, each day that I am privileged to hear little boy giggles, and each afternoon that I feel like I am losing my temper, our relationship gets a little stronger because I get it.  I see the sacrifice and the hardship that comes with being a mother but I also see the extreme joy and happiness as well.

Mom holding Drew for the first time

Thanks Mom.  For loving me through the little years and then the years when I thought I could do it without you.  For pointing me to Jesus as a child and now as a mother of children. You are simply the best and I am grateful God gave you to me.

Love, Lindsay

Seeds Family Worship

I am always looking for ways to fill our lives with scripture.  A few months ago, I ran across Seeds Family Worship. They take scripture and put it to music.  We have been listening to it in the car and during meals and I LOVE it!  Scripture memorization is something that I know that I need to do personally, but I am not always that great on following through with it!  Listening to these verses through song has been a wonderful way for me to learn!


How do you memorize scripture?  How do you make scripture apart of your home?

A Return to Blog Land and Other Exciting Updates

Ahhh ... it feels so good to be typing a blog post again!  The last few months have been a roller coaster ride for our family and I have had a hard time blogging.  I know that some out there in blog land say that you shouldn’t ever use your blog as your personal journal, but for me so much of what I write about is an extension of the journey that God has me on and the lessons He is currently teaching me.  The last several months have been full of lessons of patience and trusting that God’s plans for our life is the only plan.  I have been challenged and pushed in regards to loving and encouraging my husband through a difficult time.  In the midst of all of this, I have battled through some thyroid issues that have caused me to trust the Lord for strength in a way I never had before.

So, I can FINALLY tell you that Hal has accepted a job in Houston. He will be returning to the company, Cooper Industries,  he worked with for over 10 years before we moved to Mississippi two years ago when his dad was battling cancer.  It is a bittersweet move for us.  We have felt so loved by our church family at Riverwood Bible Church and have grown so much since we starting attending there last year.  We also have several other dear friends here who have been family to us not to mention that we will be moving away from Hal’s family who are just about an hour away from us now.  Even though we will miss these relationships, this is the best move for our family of four in terms of Hal's work situation.  

He starts on April 30th.  The boys and I will be spending the month of May in Arkansas with my parents and joining Hal in Houston after Memorial Day. Hal will initially be doing some travel so he will fly in and out of Arkansas, so we will at least see him on the weekends!  Our house is on the market and we are praying for patience and wisdom as we navigate the housing market! 

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How Deep the Father's Love

Yesterday I ran to get groceries by myself while the boys were napping.  I found myself weeping as I listened to this song.  It was so timely to hear it right before Easter. Do you know the Father in this way?  Do you feel the depth of what He sacrificed for you?

Easter Fun

In the midst of the craziness that has been our life lately, I have been praying about and searching for ideas to focus our Easter celebration on the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.  I haven't been able to invest near the amount of time that I did during Advent, so I am praying for meaningful, clear ways to share the Easter story.  Here are a few of the things I have planned for this week!


Easter Egg Hunts: We will be hunting ALOT of eggs this week!  I love looking back at the origin of traditions and the origin of the Easter egg had nothing to do with a bunny (that never made sense to me anyway)!  They were meant to be a symbol of new life.  So we will hunt lots of eggs and talk about the new life we have as believers in Jesus Christ.  For our egg hunt on Easter Sunday, I am going to print and stuff the eggs with these cards and candy from Desiring Virtue.


Resurrection Eggs: I have seen these for several years and I love the idea of them, but I am not in love with all the little pieces inside!  I found this great printable on Pinterest.  It gives you the story without the pieces and the expense. :)

Hot Cross Buns: I am going to attempt making Hot Cross Buns on Saturday morning.  I love the idea of this being a Saturday morning before Easter tradition for years to come!

Empty Tomb: I also saw this on Pinterest and loved that it was so similar to what we did with the Nativity at Christmas.

Resurrection Cookies: We will be spending most of Easter weekend at my in-laws house.  I am excited to make these resurrection cookies at their house on Saturday night/Sunday morning since my mother-in-law is the one who first told me about them!


Since celebrating Advent this year, I have been more excited than ever for this Easter season.  I love the renewed excitement I feel about my Savior.  I love focusing on the truth that we serve a Savior that is ALIVE!  I am praying that each of you grasp the importance of that this week as you serve your families!

Sweet Words

I love how scripture can wash over a believer and peace, strength, and encouragement is left where turmoil, weakness, and fear once where.  These words were sweet to me this morning.

¹⁴ For this reason I kneel before the Father, ¹⁵ from whom every family^[a] in heaven and on earth derives its name. ¹⁶ I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, ¹⁷ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, ¹⁸ may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, ¹⁹ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

 ²⁰ Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, ²¹ to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:14-21 (emphasis mine)

The last few weeks have been a little different than I had planned.  I had a little visit from pneumonia and also discovered issues with my thyroid(I will share more about those things and the lessons learned).  I have missed long, consistent time in God's word. but this morning God pulled me out of bed early and this scripture reminded me that when you are "rooted" and  "established" in the love of Christ, something wonderful occurs.  Just like a tree draws up water when it doesn't rain, the power of God has strengthened me in a tiring, dry time.  THAT is how "wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ."