JOELLEN KEMPER

Dear God, Reorient my life towards a Holy Rhythm. May I seek to dwell in your presence from the moment I awake. I pray my eyes never miss...

The birds have been singing of Spring's soon arrival. Always an outward reminder to keep the song in my heart- death has been conquered,...

Just thought I would drop on here, areas that I feel I want the Holy Spirit to work in me a new creation: *less striving. More simply...

Love's patient timing... That's how I would like to live my life. To not ask of people or things to be something they are not. To not...

In many things in my life, I get the feeling that I'm cruising around on borrowed time. Things (big or small) that I fear, linger in the...

I wanted to start participating in a wonderful blog series called "The Simple Woman's Day Book" as a way to publicly journal more and...

It's nice posting on a blog. I'm not under the normal social media constraints or have to play "the game" (is this picture good enough...

I wanted to start a "Tumblr-esque" section on my blog in which I just share lovely things. It most likely will be a lot of book...

Back at the beginning of March, I had surgery to finish up reconstruction. Praise God, it went smoothly- the first surgery I've had where...

Can I just say how much I LOVE being a mother?! Especially to this boy! He is not a baby anymore. He is growing by leaps and bounds and...

A few months back we took a very last minute weekend getaway to D.C. It was a week consumed of woeful thoughts for both Ryan and me, and...

The past few weeks I have found myself grieving some of the things that cancer has stolen from me. Namely, how motherhood is a little...

My Sunshine Boy, It has been one sweet year of your big smiles, adventurous spirit, sloppy wet kisses, and entertaining antics. I had no...

I don’t normally eat oatmeal, but this baked blueberry version is divine! Click on picture for the link to the recipe.

A drawing I made on Procreate of Judah :D We recently went on a much needed trip away to Easton and stayed at the Hilton. Ryan and I took...

I’ve never known a sweeter September. The days have fallen like the leaves, A new life beginning among Fall’s golden decay. In your gaze...

This past week and a half has been the best of my life. I ended up being induced early Monday morning (8/26) to finally bring baby Judah...

Whispers of Fall are in the air and I’m one week away from my due date. I’m officially on maternity leave as of today and feelings of...

I had a memorable weekend! Ryan and I both had three days off and he completely spoiled me for my 30th birthday and first Mother's Day. I...

Last weekend was a whirlwind! We had a lot of places we had to be and we were finding ourselves a little drained. Ryan and I have been...