By the Way

Nadia Charlotte Born January 18, 2016 at 10:35am 6lb 5oz, 20 inches I was convinced that the baby would not come early, seeing as a...

When I chose Grace as my “One Word” for 2015, I wasn’t sure how I would really go about growing in grace. I started reading a couple of grac...

Perhaps it's not surprising that I’ve found myself thinking about Mary in this Advent season of being “great with child.” Some pretty am...

In most American families, the first and second children are more or less a given. Sure, there are some couples who don’t have any children...

So I’ve already mentioned (um...maybe several times) that there are a lot of things I don’t enjoy about being pregnant. I just have a hard t...

I had just finished my second year in China and my whole life was in major transition. After months of long-distance dating and engagement, ...

I write about pregnancy a lot lately because I find it so consuming. Right now it is the most time consuming, physically challenging, energ...

When I was pregnant with Juliana, we made several overnight treks to Beijing for prenatal appointments. It was our first baby, and I thought...

[While this is addressed specifically to mothers, the ideas are all pretty universal.] Dear Mothers, Self care is not selfish. It’s unde...

I have read my fair share of stereotypical gender roles kind of books, many of them talking about how important it is for a woman to feel be...