After being married for 15 years, my husband and I took our first-weekend getaway alone! It was the most fantastic time we have ever had. We laughed, explored, loved, and learned new things about each other. It was a time of reconnecting and well needed. That weekend showed us how much we had neglected ourselves as a couple without intention. […]
Grieving is a painful and personal process. It is not like baking a cake; there is no time frame in which to expect your “done” and “over it” (regardless of what well-intended friends may think or say.) The day my father passed, something inside me snapped. All colors faded from my life. The breath from my lungs had vanished, and […]
“My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,” – James 1:19 (CSB) I will be the first to admit it is super hard to listen and not shout or get angry when you are on the phone, and the kids start fighting or asking you fifty questions. The […]
Being a wife and a mom has its challenges, but the truth is we are our own worst enemy. We have set a “perfect mom” bar of expectation that is impossible to attain. How many of us have ever said this at the end of a long and frustrating day? “Ugh, I failed again… it was takeout for dinner again […]
The light in my eyes dimed that cold November night as I heard the Doctor say “There is nothing more we can do to help your father, Mrs. Whitley. The truth is we need to consider hospice. Do you know how your father wishes to live out the remaining time of his life?” A knot slowly forms in my throat. […]
Julie Whitley is a wife and highly driven, nonstop mother of four boys. She knows the realities of being a mom at every stage of development. She is not afraid to tell it like it is while reminding every mother there is no greater gift than love.