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When presented with a big, messy struggle, I will choose the path around every single time. But there are great lessons to be learned on the path through.

Lessons learned from the path through

Have you ever looked at a huge, messy situation in front of you and thought, “I just can’t”? Perhaps the thought of walking through whatever that thing is — financial strain, relationship issues, a health crisis — is simply too much to bear.

There must be another way, a way around this hot mess of a situation, you think. You close your eyes for just a moment and offer up this simple prayer, “Please, let there be another way. Please move this struggle from my path.”

But then you open your eyes and finances are still uncertain, the relationship is still tricky and the health crisis hasn’t budged.

So then what?

There are two choices – the path around or the path through.

BlogHer16 was amazing. I didn't quite know what to expect from a blog conference, but the experience was one I will never forget. In this post I share 5 things that made the conference such an awesome experience for me.

BlogHer16: 5 tips for blog conference success

August 18, 2016 / Jenna / 10 Comments

Wow! BlogHer16 was amazing. I didn’t quite know what to expect from a blog conference, but the experience was one I will never forget. I’m so glad I got over my newbie shyness and jumped in with both feet. In this post, I share 5 things that made the conference such an awesome experience for me.

I’m not okay and I bet you aren’t either

July 8, 2016 / Jenna / 4 Comments

This site is supposed to be a safe place where we can bear our hearts to each other, lift each other up, comfort and encourage one another. And as the Chief Cheerleader, it’s my job to create that space. It’s my job to start the healing with confessions of my own, with honesty, vulnerability and brokenness. It’s my job to talk about hard things and share how I find joy and hope in any situation.

And I’ve been silent.

I’ve been silent because I simply didn’t have the words. The news of the world had just become too much. I was left stunned and broken and completely mute.

Until last night.

Sunday Share: Start of summer edition

June 5, 2016 / Jenna / 0 Comments

Hi, friends! We are just back from our annual trip to the beach and boy, has it put me in the summer frame of mind! This week’s edition includes a delicious summer treat, summer parenting hacks, a new scripture coloring book for the whole family, a great way to connect with your kiddos each day and a fun family activity. I hope you enjoy these posts as much as I did!

Dear teachers and administrators, we adore you. We came in at the beginning of the year not knowing what to expect and are moving on to first grade completely in love with you. So spend the next five days on the playground, in the library (we promise to return wayward books) and on field trips. You have earned every bit of joy that comes at the end of a school year. #teachers #loveletter #thankful #education

To our kids’ teachers, a love letter

May 19, 2016 / Jenna / 0 Comments

There are five days left in the school year, friends. Five days. I don’t know who’s more excited — the kids or the teachers.

No homework, spelling lists, math facts or AR books came home this week and Wild Man reports that more of his lessons are happening outdoors. I’m certain the uptick in nature hikes has nothing at all to do with the end of the year and has everything to do with the migratory patterns of the monarch butterflies that mean the playground is teeming with them. That totally counts as an extra helping of science, right?

Now, other parents may be frustrated that their kids are coming home literally spackled with dirt after building ponds for ants and tiny boats of sticks for the ants to sail on, but not this Mama. I’m thrilled.