Life Set Apart

Welcome to the story of our set apart life, where God is transforming us daily into His image, changing our ways & growing our family to live the life He has set apart for us.

Embrace It

Have you ever attended a wedding with your kids? The 4:00pm ceremony time. AKA in motherhood as witching hour. The 5:00pm cocktail hour. AKA in motherhood as “I want dinner now” time and all you can give them is a tiny piece of bread with an overly fancy spread on top & whatever kid-friendly beverage…

Testimony Time

For a few years, I wondered which year I would be called to write my testimony for my MomCo group. Last year I chickened out, was filled with anxiety, and passed the torch to someone else. This year, I never signed up. The daunting task that would linger for months if I had signed up…

The Lord Will Provide

In these early postpartum days, I have been challenged with the ample thoughts racing through my mind of what to share with you all, when to start writing again, and where do I start with all the information, answered prayers, and constant blog topics flowing through my mind. Do I begin with my birth experience,…

He’s Here

June 11th, 9:59pm. One of the most powerful, transformative moments in my life, when our trustworthy God helped me bring this sweet little boy, Everett Wylder Lesher, into the world in the comfort of our home. Everett means strength, courage and connection tot he wild. It’s how we want to raise our boys. Wylder because…

Baby Loading…

It’s about time we announce the newest addition to our family, expected to arrive in June! We found out this past October that we are expecting baby number two and at our 20 week ultrasound we found out we are having another boy! We are very excited for his arrival and hope to share a…

A MomCo Valentine’s Day Devotional

A Valentine’s Day Devotional: Deeply Known & Endlessly Loved Original Audience: MomCo What is your role this Valentine’s Day?  Well, wherever this Valentine’s Day leaves you, I want to refocus you on an eternal perspective. Hopefully this will take you away from the fleeting focus of Valentine’s Day and refocus you on Jesus’ love for…

A Bachelorette Weekend Devotional: A Marriage Set Apart

Planning A Bachelorette Party Weekend When planning a bachelorette party for my sister in law, it was on my heart and mind to make this weekend uniquely set apart from all other bachelorette weekends. We still had the typical Weekend timeline of: arrival, getting ready, dinner, walking the town, dancing, gift opening, swimming, brunch, and…

A Letter To My Younger Self

Love, Your 29 Year Old Self You ARE living the life you always dreamed of. Right here, right now. Sure, you still have anxiety, you now have 3 grey hairs that somehow return faster than any others, you have fears, worries, uneasiness at times, sometimes even many times throughout your day. You are working with…

You’re Two

You’re Two. Two years and nine months I have known you. Years that go back since before I was married, when I was just a teenager, I hoped I would have a boy one day.  Eleven months of hoping you would come to us right away, to finding out you are here to stay.  To moving to…

A Bridal Shower Devotional: A Proverbs 31 Wife 

In May, my sweet sister in law got married, and towards the end of her engagement, I co-hosted a Bridal Shower with my mother in law. At the beginning of the planning process, the desire to write her a devotional for her shower was placed on my heart. In my research on Bridal Shower Devotionals,…

How To Make A Sourdough Starter

How To Make Your Sourdough Starter  Ingredients Supplies Instructions After Repeating this process every day for 7 days, do a float test to see if your starter was successful or not! If your sourdough was successful, start baking! To Keep your sourdough starter going, keep a small amount remaining in the jar after every baking…

Motherhood: A Sanctification Process

From pregnancy through the birth of your first child, you being to realize just how much your body is not your own. Now, everything you consume, do, and prepare for is for someone else. Maybe you were someone who put others first before you had your first child, served your husband before yourself, could grasp…

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