Tag: Things I\’ve Learned

TIL: Perception ISN’T King

I’ve been on this cycle before: gained weight during JoAnn’s pregnancy with Mikaela, then lost it. Gained during JoAnn’s pregnancy with Sammy, then lost it. Gained during pregnancy with Joshie, and initially had lost a good portion of it, but then changed jobs to one that had me at a desk for far too much,…

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TIL: Short-Term Memory

Got a reminder–and a laugh–this morning in today’s devotions. Was from Habakkuk, a book that is deep and meaningful…and that makes me laugh. The laughter comes from college, where I prepared and delivered a sermon on the book. The laugh some from remembering how I began the sermon…with a very loud, anguished yell of “WHY????”.…

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TIL: Quality Time Doesn’t Exist

(The TIL acronym stands for Things I’ve Learned, which will be a series in the days to come about things I’ve learned this past year.) One of the most important things I’ve learned this year in regard to the kiddos is that there really is no such thing as “quality time”…a term likely coined by…

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