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Easter Blessings Through the Years

Easter Blessings Through the Years

By Marty Walden · 2 Comments

  Easter has always been an important family holiday for  us, a time to gather together for a meal and share a common faith. Our family has changed immensely over the years. From a family of four to a family of seven overnight.    Years of Easter baskets, worship music and family pictures on the front lawn. Time spent with loved ones mark… Read More

Filed Under: faith, family, Simple Gift Sunday, Simple Gift Sunday, worship Tagged With: Easter, Faith, Family, worship, youtube

Just Breathe In and Breathe Out

Just Breathe In and Breathe Out

By Marty Walden · 13 Comments

   I take a deep breath. Breathe in. Breathe out. What was that breathing technique I saw online? 4-7-8 Inhale for a count of four. Hold for a count of seven. Exhale for a count of eight.  Heart still flip flopping an extra beat. I open my email and watch as the messages flood my inbox. Stress. To do lists…. Read More

Filed Under: faith, family, Grief

The Day I Fell in Love With my Pregnancy Stretch Marks

The Day I Fell in Love With my Pregnancy Stretch Marks

By Marty Walden · 3 Comments

Thank you to my daughter Rachel for sharing a precious reminder of the beauty of motherhood with “The Day I Fell in Love With my Pregnancy Stretch Marks.”    When I became pregnant with our son, Aiden, I was the heaviest I had ever been. I knew it would help to lose a few pounds but my husband thought I was sexy… Read More

Filed Under: faith, family, Motherhood, parenting adult children, Simple Gift Sunday Tagged With: Faith, Family, motherhood, new mom, Parenting

When a Heart Breaks

When a Heart Breaks

By Marty Walden · 24 Comments

There are joyous seasons in life, days filled with sweetness and precious memories, almost to the point of taking my breath away. Then the seasons of grief arrive, days filled with inconsolable heartbreak, crushing the wind from my lungs. Blessedly I’ve known both seasons and every one in between. Ordinary days full of diapers and messes, schoolwork and piano lessons, basketball games… Read More

Filed Under: faith, family, Grief, Simple Gift Sunday, Simple Gift Sunday

3 Practical Ways to Add More Meaning to Your Life

3 Practical Ways to Add More Meaning to Your Life

By Marty Walden · 1 Comment

  I am a big believer in modeling behaviors I’d like my children to imitate. I want to reach their hearts in teaching them compassion for others. But let me be honest. In the area of helping others outside of the family, I often fail. I get caught up in the minutia of everyday life and modeling these important elements of life… Read More

Filed Under: faith, family

Our Family Needs Your Prayers

Our Family Needs Your Prayers

By Marty Walden · 13 Comments

I had every intention of sharing an adorable post today full of pictures this weekend of our new puppy and, of course, our baby grandson. Unfortunately, life sometimes shocks us into reality and heartbreak. Saturday was one of those days. We got a call early in the morning that my husband’s brother had a heart attack. No warning. He was at home… Read More

Filed Under: adoption, faith, family

Exciting News and a Dare to Dream Big Dreams

Exciting News and a Dare to Dream Big Dreams

By Marty Walden · 27 Comments

  A few weeks ago I was sitting at my computer working (not unusual in the least) and felt a moment when I believe God planted a dream within me (quite unusual for me!) Today I want to share just a few thoughts on how I believe God is working in my life and family. I have been working diligently… Read More

Filed Under: blogging, faith, family, parenting adult children, Simple Gift Sunday Tagged With: Faith, Family, motherhood, Simple Gift Sunday

What Makes a Good Marriage? Being Broken Together

What Makes a Good Marriage? Being Broken Together

By Marty Walden · 9 Comments

What makes a good marriage? Here’s a poignant story of years of brokenness and being remade through faith in Christ. Today is my 28th wedding anniversary. 28 years. Almost three decades of living life together. Fights. Makeups. Morning breath. Childbirth. Just ordinary lives lived through extraordinary stories. I wish we had an inkling of what we were getting into when… Read More

Filed Under: faith, marriage, music, Simple Gift Sunday, Simple Gift Sunday, Valentine's Anniversary, Valentine's Day Tagged With: anniversary, Faith, marriage, Simple Gift Sunday, Valentine's Day, worship

4 AM Feelings From a Sleep Deprived Mom

4 AM Feelings From a Sleep Deprived Mom

By Marty Walden · 13 Comments

Many of you longtime readers have heard all about my oldest daughter Rachel, with everything from her DIY wedding in 2011, baby gender reveal party last August and the unexpected arrival of baby Aiden early in December. From age eleven and a half and up when we adopted a sibling group of three in 2000, Rachel was so faithful in babysitting and encouraging… Read More

Filed Under: faith, family, parenting adult children Tagged With: adoption, inspiration, motherhood, Parenting

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