Have A Seat, Friend

Oh Mama, I bet you need some encouragement!

Let me just tell you –

You’re doing an amazing job! Truly.

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Heart Thoughts

A collection of poems, written straight from the heart. Heart Thoughts is a collections of poems written for the Five Minute Friday blog link up; where we write for five minutes, with no editing or rewriting. I love to do poetry in this exercise as it’s just straight from my heart – all my walls … Continue reading Heart Thoughts

Our Favorite Books

Hey friend, want to check out my book shelf?! Here you’ll find some of my favorite books and some book reviews.

Ann McCool is a wife, mother, Jesus lover and California native. She is passionate about nurturing all the good things of life through deep faith, self-care and a balanced portion of sacrificial living. You can usually find her armed with her planner, essential oils and a jar of green tea as she homeschools her six kids or roams around the Western New York countryside in their gigantic van.


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On Feeling Inadequate:
All the busy-ness of holidays, travel and moving is over and it's just me and the bare facts of my life again. Can I just say - Motherhood is so hard! Like we've got problems my lists and endless trying can't fix! 
I started a little Mom devotional the other day and it was full of good stuff. But it was also full of "shoulds". Really, really good shoulds. Shoulds that I have focused on in different seasons. But, each day I read it, each day of being back into the regular daily things of life with 6 kids - I was drowning. Like full on tears and couldn't sleep. I was praying and worshipping Jesus and doing dishes and playing games and distracting the 2 year old from destroying the house, and helping with lessons, and making food, and, and, and... Where was the rest? The rest in Jesus, rest? Last year I was reading the book Gospel Centered Mom with a small group of friends. It was the breath of fresh air I needed then, and as I picked it back up last week it was the breath of fresh air I needed again. 
Essentially it says: you're right you can't do it. But God orders everything according to His will, He's here with you and He's trustworthy. 
Friends, it's not our strength that's going to bring us through this season joyfully, thriving. It's God's. ❤
PS taking our eyes off ourselves/the culture/the church/the kids/etc, and focusing on who God is - that's the good stuff! 🙌
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On Criticism
I was reading the other day and came across a verse in Titus that admonishes the reader to be "beyond reproach". That phrase has echoed in my head for years. It's obviously not possible. We can't be perfect. But we can figure out our priorities and do those well. Not perfect, but well. 
The other day someone criticized something I hadn't given more than a passing thought to. At first I was feeling the weight of that, wondering how to fix it. Upset that I left myself open to attack once again.
But before too long I realized it's just not a priority for me! And faster than I've ever been able to before I just let it go! 
Friends, there will always be critical people. And they'll be critical no matter what you are doing - not because you need to be criticized but because they are critical people. ❤
And we're pink! 🍑
I'm shifting my internet every other day plan a little this week because I couldn't wait to share! It was a little scary when the whole room was bright orangey pink last night - but with the room set up we love it! I think my husband loves it more than me even! 💖
As soon as this corner was set up, the kiddos took turns doing their work at the new desk. :) So many more plans for this room. The coolest part is that most of the plans are super cheap, just labor intensive. 👊
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