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Taco bowl dinner … a Tuesday favorite 🤩

5 months ago | [YT] | 1

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Sweet pillow talk, him and I, late into the night. But this time it wasn’t just sweet nothings we'd forget by morning.

We’d watched an old classic movie filled with blatant racism, and it stirred something. We started talking about how open hateful rhetoric has become again in this political climate, how some people feel entitled to dehumanize others, how cruelty toward immigrants and people of color gets justified, and how much of that rhetoric is echoed by people who call themselves Christians.

Our conversation found its way to this question: What would Jesus do? What does it mean to follow Jesus right now?

We noted something interesting and convicting. Some Christians say, “I’m just going to follow Jesus,” but use it as a way to stay silent and neutral in the face of oppression.

The truth is, Jesus was deeply controversial.

He didn’t take political sides, but he constantly disrupted the status quo. He made everyone uncomfortable.

I’m sure people thought he was being political when he befriended tax collectors. When he taught in synagogues that didn’t welcome his message. When he healed on the Sabbath. Or when he fed thousands on a mountainside.

But he refused to step into a political role. He refused to become a king. He was always just doing the next right thing, the work of our father.

And Jesus told us exactly who he identifies with:
“For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in.” (Matthew 25:42-43)

That’s pretty CLEAR.

Now, none of us can define what it means to follow Jesus for someone else. That’s personal.

But even if you take faith off the table, we still have a moral responsibility as human beings… to each other and to this world we live in.

This week we saw Mon Rovîa perform, a Liberian artist who was rescued as a child during the civil war by two women, one Catholic, one Muslim, who worked TOGETHER to rescue kids.

He spoke about responsibility. About how if you have breath in your lungs, you owe something good to the world.

Now he creates with a clear purpose. His lyrics are filled with activism. It’s his own way of rolling the heavy stone of justice up the hill.

And yes, we can debate what “justice” really means. But I don’t believe there’s much room for confusion when it comes to human dignity and compassion.

Jesus never told us to just stay neutral and hold on for dear life in this wicked world until we can finally get to heaven. We wish, right?

He told us to pray EVERY DAY for heaven to come to earth.

When we pray for something every day, it usually leads us into action...

What do YOU think “heaven on earth” looks like?

This work looks very different for each of us. Not all of us must be social justice activists AND each of us are purposed for such a time as this.

To be salt. To be light. To be known for our love.

“To whom much is given, much is required.” (Luke 12:48)

What’s one small act of mercy you could practice this week to help or understand someone who’s different, perhaps marginalized, perhaps undocumented?

What responsibility do you carry?

5 months ago | [YT] | 2

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New reel: THE STEPMOM EFFECT!!

As we get closer to Mother’s Day we are honoring every stepmom who shows up for her family and makes them better in every way—here’s to you!!!

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11 months ago | [YT] | 0

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To the mom whose kid(s) now has a new mom in their life—I see you. I was you.

Ten years ago I met my daughter’s stepmom over a Zoom call and I wasn’t sure how to feel. She was kind. Gracious. The kind of woman I was afraid might outshine me. And honestly? In some ways, she did. She’s a really good woman and a good mom to Emma.

I didn't know it then, but meeting her was an invitation into a deeper layer of my own healing.

I had to face the fear of being replaced and realize it was NOT about HER but really about me… My grief. My insecurities.

The best gift I ever gave my daughter was choosing peace. Choosing not to compete. Letting love multiply instead of divide.

You’re not being replaced—you’re being invited to grow, evolve, and become even more you.

The fruit of your healing will show up in your children’s peace when they don’t have to feel like they have to pick sides. When they can feel SAFE and FREE.

Healing is magnetic. Peace multiplies. Because we reap what we sow.

Keep going. You’re doing sacred work.

This is NOT a competition - it’s an invitation into a deeper level of your own healing.

And if no one’s told you this today: You’re enough. Really.

Read more:

#StepmomLife #CoParentingJourney #BonusMomLove

11 months ago | [YT] | 4

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Me two weeks after the Superbowl and still:

Showing up knowing I’m the fun parent

Showing up to the group chat, staying unbothered

Raising teens, staying out of drama

Thriving in this era!!!

Who's with me?!

1 year ago | [YT] | 1

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Five years ago we had these babies... now we have teens and tweens! The days have often felt long, but the years have passed by quickly. We're reminding ourselves to relish every moment and hold on to the good.

1 year ago | [YT] | 2

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We will not instill FEAR in our children of this world, nor of the people that live in it.

Instead, we will speak to them of their worthiness and dignity. We will teach them that they are strong enough to stand true to the beat of their hearts. They don’t need to prove anything to anyone.

We will remind them that everything, everyone, holds beauty within, no matter how deep it may be hidden. That their scars are beautiful. That everything they walk through has the potential to make them kinder humans.

We will teach them that their voices were made to be heard. That their thoughts hold more weight than their appearances, and that their tears matter as much as their smiles.

We will instill in them the gift it is to be alive, to feel, to exist unapologetically, to leave their mark on this world, celebrating every color and scar of their being.

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