by Michele-Lyn Ault | Sep 15, 2014 | Making a Home, Motherhood
I would dread waking up. Many mornings of making a home, this is how it went. My husband who would already be at work, would ask through the phone, “What are you doing today?” I would reply, “School and housework. Same old — same old.” Those words would drop...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Sep 12, 2014 | Making a Home, Motherhood
It’s my default to find fault. I’m an expert, actually. My mind hyper-focuses on the flaws. However, viewing blemishes through negative eyes spoils the hope of finding any grace and beauty in what I see. See differently…Yes. When I walk through the house and see...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Aug 14, 2014 | Making a Home, Missions, Motherhood
When I was four months pregnant with my third child, a young, single, childless woman said to my face, “I heard you were pregnant again. What are you thinking? Don’t you want to do something with your life?” She had clout — influence among the...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Apr 25, 2014 | Motherhood
Dear sweet girl, Your birthday was yesterday, and we spent it doing life together. You don’t like me on the computer or my phone. I don’t blame you. So, I am writing you a day late. Daddy has you now. He started taking you and brother on Fridays so I could...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Apr 1, 2014 | Book Reviews, Motherhood
I read Surprised By Motherhood: Everything I Never Expected About Being a Mom, a memoir by Lisa-Jo Baker, while on the way home from a family getaway at the beach…cut short because of a stomach flu. We spent more time packing for a family of six, and driving 2...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Mar 28, 2014 | Missions, Motherhood
I ushered in last Monday morning laying on the hard, cold tile of my bathroom floor sorely battling a stomach flu. The same morning my husband left for a week long trip out of the country. I spent the first part of this week recovering in bed, and the latter part...
