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Continue reading →: How Long Should Maternity Leave Be? My Return to Work After 7 Months with My FirstbornIt’s been four weeks since I returned to work, and I’m genuinely happy about it. Spending seven months with my newborn was absolutely wonderful. There are many reasons why that length of leave worked well for me, but seven months isn’t the magical number. It’s actually less about the number…
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Continue reading →: Budgeting After Baby: Redeeming Our Financial Rhythms as New ParentsLately, I’ve been transferring lump sums from our savings to our checking account to pay for our daily expenses, so money and budgeting have been on my mind a lot. As first time parents bringing a newborn home, our finances were the last thing on our minds. That’s actually crazy…
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Continue reading →: How Blogging Helped Me Understand My Pastor Husband BetterI’ve always wanted to start a blog, and it only took me nine years to finally say yes to it. It’s now been about a month since I started writing consistently, and to my surprise, I discovered an unexpected win—I didn’t realize how much more connected I would feel to…
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Continue reading →: Online Dating with Boundaries and Integrity: 5 Things I Learned Before Meeting My HusbandMy husband, being the nostalgic guy that he is, loves sending me random pictures of our past together. Some are from our Spain trip (I want to live there someday), and others are from our honeymoon. However, most recently, he sent me snapshots of our dating conversation from when we…
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Continue reading →: How I Knew It Was the One: My Wedding Dress Story and a Gentle YesI have this framed poem in our main floor bathroom that I stare at regularly while I’m in there. A few days ago, I was staring at it once again, and I was reminded of my wedding day—especially my journey of finding my wedding dress. I was most stressed about…
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Continue reading →: What Quiet Time with God Looks Like with My Six Month OldSpending intentional time with God after having a baby has been a slow but growing journey. During early postpartum, it was basically nonexistent. I was far too sleep deprived—busy keeping up with meds (I even wrote down on paper when I took each one), trying to stay hydrated and nourished…
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Continue reading →: What is a Korean Bapsang? A Reflection on Food, Motherhood, and HomeI’ve expressed this in a previous post that I’m not much of a cook. I’m always looking for easy recipes and shortcuts to get food on the table—leftovers are my best friend. But recently, I felt unexpectedly inspired to cook after watching a scene from season two of Bloodhounds (Korean…
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Continue reading →: A Hidden Perk of Being a Pastor’s WifeWe only talk about the burdens or reasons why people don’t want to marry a pastor—often and sadly categorized as an immediate red flag. Well, I’m here today to help shift that narrative and share one perk of being a pastor’s wife. It is on-demand pastoral counsel. For the average…
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Continue reading →: My Go-To Blueberry Smoothie That Simplifies Everyday LifeAs someone who eats to live and values simplicity, finding my go-to smoothie has made everyday life easier. Let me explain. Over the past few years, drinking a blueberry smoothie has become a staple part of my morning routine. My smoothie journey first began as a desperate effort to naturally…
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Continue reading →: Why Solving Problems Doesn’t Always Help in Relationships (A Delayed Solution Approach)Besides school and on the job, being a problem solver doesn’t always help—especially in relationships. From the many conversations that I’ve experienced, including ones with my spouse, I’ve realized that it is never necessary to help solve someone’s problem on the spot unless they specifically ask for advice and are…
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