Unmeasured Grace

As an introvert I love having time to myself. It has been somewhat challenging the past few months to really hone in on my personal self care. Why is it that ourselves are all too often the last we love and take care of? My dear friends, let us not waste another second! Let's love and care for ourselves whole hearted just as we love and care for our husbands, children, family, friends and everyone else and everything else in between. Even if it's just 5-10 minutes here and there throughout your day really take advantage of it all! Here are some of the ways I am practicing to care for myself. *Spending time with God* This is my personal first and most needed self care throughout all of my days. God is my peace, my strength, my comfort, my everything. The days I don't spend time in the Bible or praying to Him I feel beyond frazzled and out of place. My quiet times look much different now with a 2 month old. The Bible app on my phone is my new best friend. They have a wid...

It's been a while since I have posted, but a friend encouraged me with the reminder to write. To write in the moment as I am experiencing the feelings and emotions because there is no greater time to document, to encourage, to remember, and to feel every part of the beginning of motherhood than right now as I dwell in every moment of it. This post is honest, vulnerable, and full of unmeasured grace. The beginning of motherhood has been hard. Not that I thought it would be easy in any way. I'm honestly not even sure I had huge dreams of what it would be like. I just knew I wanted to be a mom. I wanted to grow our family. So here I am. Just a few days shy of two months of being a mom to a tiny human outside of my body. Oh my amazing body. Oh to have grace for my body and all that it has and continues to endure. I thought it was really great to not have a period for 9 months, but really during that time I totally believe Auntie Flow is truly plotting her vicious comeback, and ...