Taking advantage of having my sister in law in town and taking a late night ice cream run date night. Guys I ventured into Walmart in my moo moo and only one person made fun of me. I’ll take it 😂

Oh joy. I think I just have to be done… I’m not done posting. I’m not done sharing my life. But I am done walking on glass. I am done hiding who I am and what I have been through. I am done never being able to do anything right. Buckle up because I’m only going to share more and you can do whatever you want with it. I don’t care 😘 I see you. I know what you are doing. And I don’t care 🤷🏼‍♀️ I am free ❤️⛓️‍💥

I have never screamed so loud and cheered so much as have on this day, June 15th 2026. The day my first toddler went number two 3 times by himself on the toilet and only had one number 1 accident 🙌🥳 I feel like there is a long way to go but I at least I see the light at the end of the tunnel ☀️

I’m at that stage of postpartum where you cry over a random yarn dying business you found on Instagram. Y’all it’s beautiful. instagram.com/cozypeayarn?ig…

My 3 month old just rolled from her back to her belly 😭

No one shares my enthusiasm with to the three bucket loader piles of garden gold currently being delivered for free by our neighbors…. Maybe the internet will share my enthusiasm 😂😅

I haven’t been on Instagram and Facebook for a hot minute because I found X and I’ve focused on it. But I haven’t had enough time to be on X as my mind has been so busy and preoccupied and X is to time-consuming in the wrong ways mentally. So I’ve been scrolling Facebook and Instagram a little bit more and I am so grateful for the perspective that Heavenly Father is giving me. Just a year ago I was gung ho on the world ending and the second coming just happening. I could not imagine that there was anything this world had not yet done to deserve a reset but I am seeing the creation that people are making and all these do it yourself projects and people sharing their craft and people building and people nurturing children and I’m seeing so much good that I haven’t stopped to notice before and I’m really grateful for the change in paradigm.

Great apostasy seems like an apt punishment for a world that crucified the Savior and then the simple truths and the church he left in authority over them.

Marriage stuff the church never warned me about: 1. Sex is a skill. It’s a gift from God and It’s worth learning how to do well. Being better at sex (only with your wife) only blesses your marriage. And the “best sex” isn’t what you think. It’s facilitated through intimacy, safety, and love. For the man - this means you need intimacy with the Holy Spirit, first. You need to view your wife as a daughter of the King and love her in way she’s worthy of. You need to die to yourself, serve her, protect her, provide for her financially, emotionally, and spiritually. You need to LEAD her. That typically translates into more frequent, more pleasurable, more intimate sex - which energizes a marriage. 2. Your view of money matters. If all you want is more, you won’t steward it well, you'll still live in comparison to what you want next, and funny enough - you'll probably end op with less of it. On the contrary, if you don’t prioritize increasing your wealth, you’ll miss out on the abundant opportunities God gives you to glorify him through what money can do. Money is a tool. It's a gift God has given you to steward and multiply for his glory (yes you can buy nice things to the glory of God, and you can exhibit financial discipline to the glory of God). Worship him with every dollar you receive, and every dollar you deploy. 3. Pray together every single day, even if you're really tired or you just fought. The divorce rate for the average couple is 50%. The divorce rate for couples that pray together is less than 1%. God hates divorce. Divorce is hell. God can always redeem divorced believers, but avoid it if you can. Establish the basic discipline of praying together every single day. This is more important than brushing your teeth and eating food. 4. Be willing to cut friendships. Especially ones that began before you were married. The two of you have became one flesh. Your dynamic with every human being you interact with has forever changed. Everything you do directly affects your wife, everything she does directly affects you. Have conversations early on about who is no longer welcomed in your life, cut them quickly. And if there are people who simply need to be kept at greater distance, orient your calendars accordingly. Do the same in reverse. The couples who sharpen you, draw near to them, prioritize them. They will be there for both of you in your hardest times. They will fight for your marriage in moments where you offend one another. Your friends matter. And no - your wife cannot have male friends that are not directly friends with you, or vice versa. 5. You are not part of your parent’s family anymore. Non-believers have a harder time with this, but the Bible speaks to it so directly. You are no longer part of your parent’s family. They are now extended family. If your parents have friction with how you live your lives, that’s OK. There is tension between consistently honoring your parents, while being OK if they disagree with you. Bring that tension to the Holy Spirit and ask for his guidance in every interaction, every boundary, and all communication. 6. Marriage isn’t the goal. It’s the beginning of a journey. It’s a common temptation to become complacent in improving yourself after getting married. There’s this mindset of “jobs done! We’ve arrived.” and that’s absolutely hilarious. The most challenging, and most rewarding work begins after you’ve gotten married. This is where you’re now directly cleaved with the person who’s supposed to sharpen you. Then this means men, you need to lead, cast vision, and continually grow. And women, you are the person this man is willing to die for, you’re the person he’s trusting to deliver his child, and nurture his offspring. You’re the primary helper God designed to support his mission. It is your duty as a woman of God to continue to grow. A proverbs 31 woman was not a weak, powerless housewife scrolling Instagram all day. Read it. 7. Set the culture of how you’re going to steward your bodies in the home, early. How you honor the temple of God is such an integral part of your daily life, it impacts sleep schedules, grocery lists, it impacts every single meal, it impacts how you use your time. If there’s not agreement in the home about how you’re going to honor your bodies, it will become an intense point of contention in your day-to-day life. The person with greater health will be burdened with taking care of the one who has worse health. And although some things are not preventable, most prognosis are totally preventable. Don’t burden your partner because you couldn’t stop eating Twinkies and never worked out. Do your part so that you can show up well with them, with energy, presence, and confidence in who God made you. Your health will be the #1 determinant of your quality of life in your later years when grand babies come. Heck - after your relationship with God, it's one of the primary determintants of your quality of life even before grand babies come. And - back to my first point, you want to be able to keep those hips moving as you guys get older 👍 8. Marriage is not a thing you do for mutual benefit. He provides, she makes the home - in practice yes, but that's not the point. The point of marriage is so that you know Christ more deeply. It's a reflection of the most valuable thing in the universe. Eternal life, knowing God. Take that view into every trial, and every mountain top - you work towards an excellent, intimate marriage - to know Christ more deeply, as a testemant and service to his people, and to glorify his Holy name. Married people, what would you add?

Deliberate boredom is mental health 👌🏻

My peppers need re rolled and my melons did not sprout but other than that they are all doing really well.

Not artificial. Authentic Authentic Intelligence

After participating in ✨the discourse✨ I have decided the birth rate crisis is absolutely the result of helicopter parenting. People truly seem to expect a mother to be present enough to intervene in every single moment of her child’s life, but like, I’m only one person.

You don’t hit them. You spank them. Don’t play dumb here.

I’ve never had such a difficult time stopping myself from posting something. I want so badly to call someone out publicly but you know what I’m not going to do it.

You know what is worse than spanking? Emotional manipulation dressed up as 'gentle parenting'!

RT @FrmSide3: @EarthToGazelle Not all kids are the same, some are more stubborn and unruly(physical discipline is needed, some are easier t…

RT @Diddly10_: @EarthToGazelle All I gotta say is , with less beatings on the front end We inquired more school shootings And a whole lot…

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I was in church once and the boy next to me, about 9 or 10, was just absolutely out of control. Single mom couldn't control him. The boy was loud, interrupting the service, insulting to his mother, and absolutely refused to obey her gentle pleading. He kept rolling around on the floor and knocking into me. I didn't say anything, but I was growing increasingly annoyed. We were in the back and this kid was damn near throwing a tantrum, just refusing to sit in his chair and instead laying underneath his seat, clinging to its legs while kicking. Eventually, a father carrying his infant daughter was trying to walk through the aisle and the boy wouldn't move. At that point, I had had enough. I yanked the chair off of the boy, set it down to the side, stared straight into his eyes, and gave him a direct order: "Stand up right now, get out of the aisle, and listen to your mother." Kid was stunned. You could tell no one had ever spoken to him with that kind of directness and authority. He immediately obeyed without making a peep. Kept quiet for the rest of the service, too. This is why discipline is important. The son had zero fear or respect of his mother. That's why he was acting like a brat in public to the detriment of everyone around him. A few good spankings from a father would have put paid to that nonsense and brought happiness of the boy, his mother, and society at large. Gentle parenting only works if there is a strong foundation of authority and respect from child to parent.