It has been quite a while since my last post. A whirlwind of events have transpired but I am back nevertheless! The biggest news I have to share is that we will be the proud parents of three rambunctious little boys. Yes, baby number three is a little boy.  Although my heart was set on a little girl, I have come to understand that God's agenda is what I am following. He knows exactly what/who we need in our lives. My last week or so has been spent getting over the fact that I am not having a girl (Ha!) and changing all of my plans I had for the nursery. My Pinterest app is probably burning up all of my battery power on my phone. But I have been getting excited about the idea of raising up three little men for Christ. Now, for a little transparency. I have to  admit that I struggled the day after I found out I was having another boy. Reality had set in.  I had so many thoughts running through my head.  "But I wanted a girl!" "How will I handle three boys?...

Life has been quite busy lately at the Crowe's Nest. My precious first born, Jay, started Kindergarten this month. I knew the time was coming, but it seems as though it has gotten here all too fast. For the past couple of weeks,  I have experienced every emotion you could expect from a mom who's child is going to Kindergarten.  And I think Jay has experienced every emotion you could possibly expect from a five-year old who is attached to his mother. Tuesday was his second full day of school.  From the moment his feet hit the ground,  the morning drama ensued. He immediately began complaining of not wanting to go to school. Because Jay has autism, it is sometimes hard for him to communicate exactly what he wants to say. Well, not on this morning. He did not want to go and he made his feelings known. Now this attitude is nothing new to us, but somehow this week it struck at my mommy heartstrings. Part of me wanted to say, "You don't have to go, sweetie. Stay w...

First of all, I would like to say thanks to everyone who has been reading my blog thus far.  It has been an exciting journey, and I love being able to share my heart with you all.  Thank you to all of my supporters and prayer warriors (ladies, you know who you are).  A special thanks goes out to my childhood buddy, Tiesha, (check her out here at www.mamaamma.com ) for her blog knowledge.  I pray that God will continue to use me to uplift mothers everywhere. I also have some special news to share with all of you.  My husband and I are expecting baby #3!  That's right. The Crowe's Nest is expanding!  We are very excited about this news (and very surprised).  We were definitely not planning to have more kids, but God has said otherwise.  We really thought we were done.  I had sold and given away pretty much everything!  But as Isaiah 55:8-9 says: So needless to say we will be starting completely over, but we are so tha...

When I last wrote, my husband and I had just found out that I was pregnant moments before we were to see the doctor about my upcoming surgery. We walked into that fertility doctor's office with the biggest smiles on our faces. It had been a while since we had experienced this type of joy. They called us back into the doctor's office and immediately we told him what had just happened. But his response was not at all what we expected. With as much coldness as  you could imagine, he said in so many words, "it doesn't matter. This pregnancy isn't viable. You still need to have this surgery." I couldn't believe my ears. He still wanted to do the surgery! At that point I knew we needed to get as far away from this doctor as we possibly could. Even if this pregnancy did not make it, his approach to us was very frigid and insensitive. Our hearts sank!  We told him we were still going to wait and see what happens. We left that office with a determination t...

Hi everyone! It has been a while since my last post. Things have been so hectic around here. We put our house on the market a few weeks ago so I haven't had a whole lot of time to think, let alone write. You can imagine how crazy it is to try and get a house ready to sell with two little people running around begging for snacks every ten minutes. So I am grateful to have this moment to share with you all again. Lately, God had been placing on my heart to share my story of how I became a mother. So this will end up being a two-part blog. First, let me say that every one's motherhood story is different and the way God chose to work in my life may not be necessarily how he works in yours.  However, two things remain the same-- God is always in control and he never makes a mistake. About a year and a half into our marriage, the desire to have children became very great and we decided we would not wait the five years we originally planned to start our family. So we began tryi...

On a recent visit to our local library, I checked out a few DVDs for the boys to watch while I completed a few tasks around the house.  They fell in love with a certain DVD that contained a few popular children's stories. One story they were particularly fond of was The Three Little Pigs. After playing the DVD numerous times, the boys began to memorize the story and from then on all they could talk about (and sing about) were the three pigs and the big bad wolf.    As they attempted to tell me about this classic fable, I began to think of the story from a spiritual aspect and how it can be applied in our daily battle with Satan, who is "the Big Bad Wolf" in our lives. Much like the wolf in this story, Satan goes out "seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8). And you know what; sometimes we can exhibit some of the same the qualities as those pigs. Maybe we are like the first pig who built his house with straw- a very weak material and foundatio...

Hey everyone! Thanks for stopping by to check out my new blog—Mama's Maze. I am truly excited about starting this blog. God placed this on my heart a while ago so it is awesome to see it come to fruition.  I have never done anything like this before, so I am thrilled about venturing into uncharted territory. Writing is a passion of mine, and I love talking about the goodness of God.  So what better way to put the two together than in a blog. How did I come up with the name Mama's Maze?  Well, one day as I was pondering on what the name of this blog would be, I thought about my experiences as a mother.  I mean, after being in the game for five years now, what could I compare motherhood to?  After much thought, the word "maze" came to mind. If you have ever been in a maze or played some type of game that had one, you know it can be challenging, frustrating, and rewarding if you ever make it through.  There are so many twists and turns that it c...