This year I found myself crippled with indecision as New Year’s Day approached. Not because my life is too perfect to choose a resolution…but because it is in such disarray. I am angry at my kids too often. I don’t eat as healthfully as I should. I don’t exercise. Ever. I fritter away countless hours […]
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Satan Hates This New Year’s Resolution
Posted in Christian Living, Holidays, Inspiration, Musings, My Life on January 5, 2015 | 8 Comments »
“It Just Doesn’t Feel Like Christmas!”
Posted in Holidays, Inspiration, Motherhood, Musings, Preaching to Myself, Toddler Life on December 24, 2014 | 10 Comments »
One of the hard things about married life has been adjusting to the fact that holiday traditions – especially Christmas ones – will never be the same again. I will never get to go back to the Christmas Days I enjoyed growing up. I don’t get cozy new jammies and a book from my parents […]
25 Cheap, Low-Stress Christmas Activities and Treats for Toddlers
Posted in Inspiration, Motherhood, My Life, Toddler Life on December 1, 2014 | 5 Comments »
In planning an activity-focused advent calendar for my kids, I knew I needed the daily activities to be simple, cheap, low-stress, and most importantly, toddler-friendly. I have a three year old, a two year old, and an infant. I don’t have the time or energy for big, extravagant advent activities. I didn’t want to open […]
Confessions of a Pathetic Weakling – God’s Grace at the End of my Rope
Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Inspiration, Motherhood, My Life, Preaching to Myself on November 22, 2014 | 4 Comments »
One day a couple of months ago, if you had walked into my home in the mid-morning, you would have found this scene: Mom dozing off on the couch, sick and dizzy with some unexplainable bug on top of my morning sickness. Toddlers breaking into the upstairs bathroom. Baby woken in the next room by […]
No Separating Veil Between – A Poem by Bethany A. Jennings
Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Inspiration, Original Poetry on September 11, 2014 | 6 Comments »
I dabble in poetry from time to time, especially on Sundays when my prayers often overflow into verse during the Lord’s Supper. I’ve been secretly itching to share one of my poems with you, and since I’m on vacation part of this week it felt like the perfect opportunity to do so, in lieu of […]
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Bethany A. Jennings is a YA speculative fiction and poetry author, a freelance editor, and a lover of artisan sandwiches. Born in SoCal, with a heart and soul raised in many different worlds, she now lives happily in New England with her husband, four children, zero pets, and a large and growing collection of tiny houseplants. She is a firm believer in the power of words to reach hurting hearts, uplift the weary, and pierce the darkness.
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