about me...

Welcome! I'm glad you stopped by for a visit, and I hope you'll stick around for a while. My name is Mandy, and as you read through these blog posts you'll find out more about me than I would ever share in person (I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing...)

This blog started out of uncomfortable obedience. I felt God was calling me to be faithful to Him, and the first step of that was to faithfully write about my life and beliefs despite how incredibly private I am. I felt a bit like Peter stepping out of the boat in the storm when he saw Jesus walking on the water. Like with Peter, though, Jesus simply said, "Come." He didn't tell me everything would go smoothly--He didn't even tell me where we were going.

But He said, "Come," so I took that first step.

It has been a wild ride at times, but I can't imagine how things would have been any different.

Again, thanks for stopping by. Feel free to look around--you'll find just about everything from kids and family to physics to my personal belief statement. I hope you'll find something you can identify with or simply something that might make you think.

parenting teens

 My mom once asked her own mom what she thought was the hardest part about raising kids. I'm not sure when their conversation took place...

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