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The Toddler’s Gluttony and Me

August 18, 2020 Tilly Dillehay Leave a comment

The morning was hot, sticky. We finished up at Walmart and picked Daddy up from the workout place, where he…

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Posted in: Christian living, Food, Parenting Filed under: Broken Bread, feasting, Food, gluttony, parenting, toddler

I’m a Mother, Not a Journalist

May 7, 2020 Tilly Dillehay Leave a comment

  He’s scooting across the floor on his little diapered bottom. He’s headed for the bathroom because he sees one…

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Posted in: Christian living, Parenting Filed under: instagram, parenting, social media

I didn’t believe in death until I had to explain it to my daughter

October 26, 2019 Tilly Dillehay Leave a comment

I slipped between the sheets and rested my belly between us. She turned towards me in the dim light. I…

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Posted in: Christian living, Death, Parenting Filed under: Christ, Christianity, Death, Faith, Fear, parenting, Talking to your kids

What do men want?

October 26, 2018 Tilly Dillehay Leave a comment

Scenario #1 I’m in the Aldi parking lot, jogging from my van to the shopping carts with a quarter in…

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Posted in: Marriage, Women Filed under: complementarian, family, marriage, masculinity, men, parenting

Song of Solomon when the kids are small

September 3, 2018 Tilly Dillehay Leave a comment

Behold, you are beautiful, my love behold, you are beautiful! your eyes are glazed with sleep deprivation behind your veil…

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Posted in: Humor, Marriage, Parenting Filed under: coffee, marriage, parenting, satire, song of solomon, tired

Mamas: Lay down your life or have it taken from you

March 2, 2018 Tilly Dillehay Leave a comment

My two-year-old gave herself a haircut yesterday. The first thing she said when I came in the room and found…

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Posted in: Christian living, Parenting, Women Filed under: c.s. lewis, john, martyr, matthew, parenting, romans, sacrifice, scrooge

Is this what my parents felt like?

September 7, 2017 Tilly Dillehay Leave a comment

I was rolling around with Baby Agnes this afternoon during Norah’s nap. My laptop was open nearby and the old…

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Posted in: Humor, Parenting, Women Filed under: dating, parenting, Teens, woody allen

It’s okay to be bored, mama

July 24, 2017 Tilly Dillehay Leave a comment

They warned me about a lot of things to expect in motherhood. Swollen ankles, for instance. Sleepless nights. Inexplicable fears,…

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Posted in: Christian living, Parenting, Women Filed under: bored, Christian living, facebook, instagram, interent, moms, netflix, parenting, pinterest, twitter

Do stay-at-home moms suffer?

April 5, 2016 Tilly Dillehay Leave a comment

My baby is sick. Her little body is hot, as white cells that I can’t see try to fight off…

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Posted in: Christian living Filed under: discipline, John Piper, motherhood, parenting, RIchard Wurmbrand, suffering

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