Welcome to Motherhood Covered in God’s Love

What is this space?

Meditations & Motherhood is a place for your soul to catch its breath and quietly reflect on The One who created you; offers grace when you need it most; provides uplifting writing in your most hopeless moments. Meditations & Motherhood offers community to moms who are experiencing struggles similarly and need a place where they can relate.

Why I created Meditations & Motherhood?

Being a mom is wonderful and exciting, but it is also an extremely difficult and often lonely job. You juggle many different hats while trying to stay sane through all the emotional and physical changes you experience. And sometimes you just want to rush to the end of the story to see how it all turns out.

I feel ya, sister. And I am so happy you have found this space.

Let’s slow down, enjoy, and make the most of this journey of motherhood together!

Meditations & Motherhood is a space that serves to provide personal insight into the joys and challenges of being a woman, mom, and sister in Christ using God’s word as the foundation for what we believe, how we think, and why we can have hope. My hope is that my writing will draw you closer to the heart of God and His love for you and your motherhood.

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Who is the writer behind M&M?

It’s so nice to have you here! My name is Emily, a mom who shares her experiences: the good, the real, and the sometimes unpleasant. I am a wife of almost 10 years to a sweet, handsome man named Jonathan. I am a mom to two sweet toddler boys and a beautiful little baby girl. Before I became a mom to my first son, I was a mom to Indiana (Indie) Bones, our 72-pound Goldendoodle. I am a daughter to two wonderful, full-of-love parents, a sister to a keep-me-laughing brother, and a grateful friend to many dear people whom I love very much. I love meditating on God’s word and long to continue drawing closer to His heart in this season of motherhood.

Before making the decision to stay home with our son, I was an elementary and middle school reading and writing teacher for 11 years. And let me tell you, it was tough (Read more about my battle with PPD here–> Inside the Devastating Mind of Postpartum Depression)

In the movie Chariots of Fire, the main character explains why he does what he does.

“I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast!
And when I run I feel his pleasure.” 

Eric Liddell

I believe God placed me on this earth for a purpose, and he gave me the gift of writing. And when I write, I feel his pleasure.

God has great and incredible things he wants to do through each of us. I want to reflect on that and make that reflection practical for you. What does God have for me and for you, mama, in this difficult yet sweet season of being a mom?

Let’s continue drawing closer to the heart of God to find out!

I am a writer FOR you because my hope is that the words that have been gifted to me would provide comfort, inspiration, and encouragement as we travel on this journey of motherhood together.

Thank you for joining me! Love, Emily

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Where to Start: Here’s the Latest from M&M

  • Why It’s Important to Have Self-Compassion

    I grew up terrified of dogs. Deathly afraid. If I heard a dog bark, my heart would ramp up in speed, my body ready for flight AND fight. If I saw someone walking their dog on the sidewalk, I’d cross the street so I wouldn’t come close to the dog. Forget being afraid of scary…

  • Don’t Let Your Fear Destroy a Peaceful Psalm 23 Perspective

    Nearing the evening, fear likes to invite itself onto my chest. He has waited all day and now has my full attention. The light is fading, the sun is setting below the trees. My throat tightens, my breathing gets more shallow, and I feel my body tense. Anxiety and fear loom in the darkness like…

  • Self-Sufficiency is Toxic Contrary to Popular Opinion

    “This is for you,” my small group leader handed me a verse card, eyeing me tenderly. Through tears, I looked at the verse she had given me. I had seen this verse so many times before, even sang the song from time to time. But that day, the words seemed new to me.  Although scripture…

  • Inside the Devastating Mind of Postpartum Depression

    **Warning: This post contains sensitive and triggering topics. Please be mindful of reading or sending this post as this writing contains graphic imagery of postpartum depression and suicide ideation. Severe depression robbed me the joy of my second son’s first year of life. I feel a complicated guilt as I look back at photos of…

  • When Your Authentic Motherhood and Creativity Collide

    I love how toddler stories morph into life lessons that relate to God’s work in my own life. I see the correlation between what my kids’ are facing and what I’m facing. There are parallels that, as a writer, I can see more clearly than some. And maybe the correct word is not just see…

  • May We Be Emptied of Everything But Divine Love

    The movie Frozen has a song that my boys enjoy: “Love is an Open Door.” My boys love to play it again and again. I’d like to say I’m sick of it, but frankly, I’m not…just yet. Ask me again at the end of the day ;). The characters Anna (or as my son lovingly…