I never meant to be a writer.

But twelve years ago, when our little world fell down and life felt tenuous at best, the page became a place where I met Jesus—where He and I dug through all the hard, the tear-stained, and (often) the utterly ridiculous pieces of our lives.

Those words on a page served as a reminder that God would be everything we needed. Everything we needed as I struggled to reconcile our future with the backdrop of a stroke and life-altering septic miscarriage. In many ways, those written words provided a safety that the spoken word could no longer offer. But in every way, they pulled our hearts back to the goodness of God and His unending grace.

Even when we failed.

Even when we raged.

Even when we questioned.

Even when we faceplanted on the floor.

His grace was enough.

While I cannot promise that this book will be life changing, I can promise that it will be real. Each story found in it serves as a reminder that God is not only worthy of our trust, but He is also right beside us on days that steal our breath and break our hearts.

From our journey as newlyweds fighting a chronic illness no one understood. To walking away from my dream of being a teacher because of a body that could not keep up. To Sharpie on the walls, poop on the floor, and the highs and lows of motherhood. To a stroke and a subsequent life-threatening illness. To the mundane humdrum of everyday living. To the people who bravely walked into our messiness. And to the loss of those we’ve loved along the way.

This is our story. This is our hard stuff. This is how we found Him present in it.

#comingsoon

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