Hi, I’m Heather.
I’m pretty much your average Christian wife and mom, just trying to do life well for the Lord. This space is where I process how to do that best—and hopefully in a way that helps you too.
In order to get to know me—the voice behind the writing—I thought I’d answer three questions I might ask if I were you:
1) Who are you in real life?
2) How did you get saved?
3) Why do you have a blog?
Real Life…
I spend most of my days at home caring for our family—which, for the most part, I really enjoy. Like any homemaker, there are tasks I’d rather skip, but honestly, it’s a pretty sweet gig. Somewhere along the way, I turned into an introvert, so being busy at home suits me well (even if it’s rarely quiet with six kids around).
Yes—six kids is what fills most of my minutes. We had a batch of four girls close together, and now they’re all in the preteen or teen stage. Later, we added two more (a boy and a girl), so I’m currently back in the thick of toddlerhood. It’s beautiful work, raising six souls—but it’s also stretching. My greatest burden (and greatest privilege) is the responsibility of pointing them to Christ as best I can.
We homeschool… kind of. I barely get credit for it in the traditional sense. I delegate most of their education to a mix of teachers—some online, some at a local learning center. Still, I love having extra time with them and being able to fill their minds with solid, high-quality material.
My husband (who is an amazing husband) is an associate pastor at Compass Bible Church, so much of our schedule revolves around church life too. One of my favorite roles is teaching at our women’s Bible studies. I love spending time in the Word—studying, praying, and thinking through how it applies today. It sharpens my own walk and gives me joy to hand those truths to other women through teaching.
Like everyone else, there are plenty of other ways my time gets filled. I teach apologetics at my kids’ learning center, bake a lot of sourdough bread, try to stay physically active, and squeeze in time to write—among other things.
Basically, I live a normal life and try to do the best I can with the plate of responsibilities God has given me. Usually one ball is borderline dropping… but I suppose that’s life.
Compass Bible Church
How I got saved…
I thought I was saved long before I actually was. I grew up going to church and learning all kinds of biblical truths, and I adopted them all as my own. I even went to college planning to become a missionary. I married a man who was eager to follow the Lord wherever He led, and together we jumped right into ministry as he became a pastor.
But the truth is—I did all my “Christianity” from a worldly set of motives (yes, that’s possible) and not from a truly converted heart.
Here’s the thing: I knew all the facts of the gospel—I could explain them forward and backward. And since I looked the part and was fully convinced it was all true, it was easy to be confused about my standing before God.
But deep down, despite my knowledge, I had an arrogance that led me to believe I wasn’t as bad a sinner as everyone else—I thought I didn’t quite need a Savior like they all did.
I was wrong. Obviously.
One day, at a Good Friday service, God opened my eyes to see how truly sinful I was. As we reflected on our sins during that service, I finally saw how wretched I was before a holy God. Before that day, I had spent so much time comparing myself to others that I’d completely failed to compare myself to God and His standard.
Once my eyes were finally turned in the right direction, I saw the truth: I was broken and I needed saving.
That was in 2007, and my life has never been the same. On the outside, my life didn’t drastically change—but on the inside, I became a whole new person. God got a hold of me, showed me my need for Him, and gave me a new heart.
The Lord surely has amazing grace… He saved a wretch like me.
Why a Blog?
Basically—I process life through writing. I quite literally drown out the chaos around me (brown noise for the win) and start typing.
Writing helps me organize my thoughts and slows me down long enough to think clearly about how biblical truth should shape whatever I’m working through.
I’ve dabbled in writing most of my life, but back when I had four kids ages five and under, the need to write felt urgent. I was desperate for encouragement—searching for someone who could speak into the mess of early motherhood with honesty and biblical clarity. I couldn’t find much. But I discovered I was most encouraged when I sat down with my Bible, my thoughts, and the Lord. And that’s when the writing really began.
What started as a way to stay sane in the baby-and-toddler years eventually turned into a collection of reflections and, eventually, this blog (launched in 2016).
Over time, the focus of my writing has shifted. It’s not just a place to process current thoughts anymore—it’s also a space to pass along what I’ve learned in earlier seasons, in hopes of helping the wives and mothers coming behind me.
(I say “behind me” now, because somehow, I’ve become one of the older moms. I’m not sure when that happened, but here we are.)
