I talk about my senior year in NJROTC — 60 cadets under me, boot camp at 3 AM, running five miles in the rain, learning discipline the hard way. I talk about walking into a room of teenage boys’ mess and realizing the real unboxing wasn’t about their socks on the floor — it was about my own stinking thinking, my own bad attitudes, needing to get low and get on my knees before God instead of running out the door with my to-do list first.

We land on Hebrews 4:16 (NKJV): “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” I unpack that a little — the Greek word for “boldly” there is parrhēsia (Strong’s G3954), which carries the sense of freedom of speech, confidence, even bluntness. We don’t tiptoe up to God’s throne. We’re invited to come right on up, no shame, no hiding.

It’s messy, it’s joyful, it’s real talk about motherhood, selfishness, and finding joy in the sticky middle instead of waiting for the breakthrough. And I close it out with the Aaronic blessing from Numbers 6:24–26 over you.

Also — sneak peek — Book 2 has 10 chapters shelved and a couple more that came straight out of this beach trip.

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Xoxo Blu