Sometimes brave looks like begging for change

by Amanda Wells // July 9, 2019 // No Comments

Sometimes brave looks like standing on the side of the interstate begging for change I could do this, I knew I could. It didn’t matter planes made me violently ill. It didn’t matter I’d never traveled halfway across the country... Continue reading →

My struggle with weight loss hurt my family

by Amanda Wells // June 13, 2019 // 12 Comments

People always ask me about my weight. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s the fact I’ve birthed six babies and they freely commented on my appearance during pregnancy that now they feel it’s still appropriate (although it never was). I... Continue reading →

Lord, let me be inconvenienced by my family

by Amanda Wells // May 11, 2019 // 3 Comments

“Amanda, I need you!” he called to me from the front porch. Normally, I’m glad to be called my own name and not so-and-so’s mama or Wesley’s wife or that mom of six or whatever. But this time, one of... Continue reading →

5 tips to make meal time simple

by Amanda Wells // March 29, 2019 // No Comments

My kids devour food like blue whales consume krill. Tons at a time. Most of the time, before we’ve cleaned up from one meal, they’re already eating the next! (Not to say, we’re slow cleaners; they’re just huge eaters!). Despite... Continue reading →

How to Host a Perfect Tea Party

by Amanda Wells // February 15, 2019 // 2 Comments

Tea parties are kind of our thing after Jesus and farming, of course. Ever since the girls were babies, we’ve enjoyed countless tea parties. From the Fischer-price plastic models to the fine China, we’ve eaten our petit-fours on all... Continue reading →

To my forever valentine

by Amanda Wells // February 12, 2019 // No Comments

To my forever valentine Dear husband, I’ll never forget the early years where we laughed and laughed at the things people said we’d fight over. Toilet paper. Toothpaste. Money. You laughed and left my toilet paper roll on the stand... Continue reading →

I’m married now but I still won’t be celebrating Valentine’s Day

by Amanda Wells // February 4, 2019 // No Comments

❤️ I never liked Valentine’s Day. ❤️ It was always the day filled with couples boasting their love for one another, however short that lasted in middle school. It was always the day my girlfriends received singing grams and... Continue reading →

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