Change is on its way for our family, in more ways than one. For a while now we’ve wanted to be open to being steered in a different direction, with God at the helm. A few days ago, we made a bold decision. I’m excited to see it unfold, excited to be able to share our little life with you and…
…excited to be jumping feet first into the unknown future.
Prayers and love you to you and your family! God bless and may his will and blessings be poured out on your life!
Jennifer,
I wish I had an email address to write this instead of a comment. I’ve been reading your blog since Stellan was sick. Unlike some of people who read your blog though, I wasn’t just into it to find out if he was going to be ok. I sure prayed my heart out for him, but I liked so much more about your blog as well.
I went back and read a lot of your past posts to learn more about you and your family. Your husband and you seemed to have a lot of the same morals and beliefs as me and mine do. You seemed so -real-. You wrote about your flaws before, your marriage and how you were growing -daily- in Christ. All this while never coming off like those Christians who act like their poop does not stink, or like those other “perfect” mommy bloggers out there. (Like one MWOP claims you try to copy that I hate, that I won’t mention the name of since this ins’t an email!)
You seemed to “click” with me. We have a lot in common, from our messed up marriages, learning to submit to our husbands, our financial difficulties, our faith and even political views. I for one, loved your chicken/socialism post.
Though the drama got to be a bit much at times I still read. I eve read what the naysayers said and found much of it nit picky and high schoolish.
You made a mistake. Everyone does. I have done some really stupid stuff in my life that I KNEW was wrong but did it anyway. When I came clean about it, I was forgiven and given second, third… and more chances. It saddens me to think others believe you don’t deserve that same grace that they would want themselves.
I am truly sad that BlogHer chose to drop your contract, but I know some sort of repercussion has to happen. I know it was a main source of income for your family and I know you also have done A LOT of good with that money you earned through them. If there is anything I can do to get you back on good graces with BlogHer, please let me know.
I want to thank you for being real, and know that not everyone is heartless and unforgiving. I’m proud of the way you handled it, and I’m glad you have a friend like Sami sticking by you through this all.
I know you will keep at this blog, regardless of the money because you know you can accomplish great things for God through it. For that He will bless you. For being honest and humble, He will bless you too.
You and your family are in my prayers, I hope your health is fine and I hope your blog thrives regardless of the negativity.
God bless,
Steph
Looking forward to the news!
Your courage, conviction, honesty, love, generosity…flaws and all….are admired! Thank you! I can’t begin to tell you what you have inspired me to act on as a wife, mother, Christian, friend, daughter and a child of God. Thank you! Like another commentor stated, you can’t go wrong with God at your helm! Blessings to you and your entire family! – Jessica
I remember getting an F on a paper in 7th grade for plagerizing an encyclopedia. It really stunk but I certainly learned a hard lesson that day that negatively affected my life for a long time. I’m sorry Jennifer, that you made choices that are going to negatively affect your income and your family. However, plagerism IS a big deal. After reading through SIF’s Blog Frog community it appears that there is a lot of proof that this is not just a one time deal, but more so happened on many occasions. I’m not confident that it was an oversight or accident after seeing that. I’m thankful that your consequences are not worse since it is illegal to plagerize. I am far from a hater. I used to read religiously to get updates on your sweet children, and still enjoy reading your blog. I truly hope for the best for you and your family. You have been blessed in many, many ways!! Now you have the opportunity to move on with a fresh start. Best of luck to you!
Kim…you say you are not a hater. How about rereading what you wrote. You took the time to look into her plagerizing other posts. Give me a break…unless any of you have not sinned then who are you to judge in any way. Jesus Christ is the only true being that has not sinned and he is the only one that can and should judge Mckmamma. To judge someone else is makes you just as wrong as the person whom you judged.
Mckmama…I pray that you do not let any of this get to you. We have all sinned and fall short of the glory of God, but he died on the cross for our sins. I know that he is your Lord and Savior and that is all that matters. Bless you and your family and please do not think twice about the judgemental peopl of the world. God is on your side and he will see you through.
Hi Sabrina, I feel convicted to reply to you on this point: judgment. As believers in and followers of Jesus, Christians are not called to gloss over sin (in our own lives or in others’) or refrain from encouraging right behavior. Rather, we ARE called to confront sin in the lives of our brothers and sisters (Matthew 18:15-16).
The purpose of the “Judge not…” passage (Matthew 7:1-5) refers to the condition of our own hearts. Are we full of pride and self-righteousness or are we humble and gentle, seeing that (as you so rightly said) we are sinners as well? Are we more concerned with reveling in the weaknesses of others to make ourselves feel better? Do we see the speck in our sisters’ eye before we see the log in our own? Only the Lord can see our hearts and judge our true motivations, but let’s not cast out the baby with the bathwater when it comes to judgment. It DOES have a place in the Christian life.
I admire your kindness in encouraging Jennifer and am open to your (and anyone’s) constructive criticism on my understanding of these truths.
Are you adopting Sam?!
I was going to say the same thing!!!!
I am thinking that you are getting a pet?
. Oh, and I think you are better off without BlogHer (although I am very sorry for your lost income, that’s tough). Mistake made, consequence paid, on to the next….
Also, can we get a vote system on the comments so that if enough people vote ‘Dislike’ for a comment it then hides itself? I am only half kidding but it would certainly save me and lots of other people the time it takes to read some very crappy comments (seriously, Yahoo has this sytem
I’m a few days behind in my blog visiting. I am still shaking my head about the whole Blogher incident. Was there not an opportunity to delete or edit the post before they cancelled your contract? Seems only fair they would have.
I think a lot of us are distressed about the whole Blogher thing. I’ve sent them a very polite email pointing out that it looks like we have lost yet another personal, friendly web group (Blogher) to the heartless Mega-corporate mentality. Zero tolerance, no wiggle room, no compassion, one hater speaks up and we have to choke up and take drastic action! Let’s all go be politically correct again.
Jennifer, you have so many things going on right now – Maybe it’s time for another spa visit! At the very least, you pampering yourself for a little while with no one making any demands or requests for at least a couple of hours! Okay – maybe the Flurrster could join you – but that’s it!
We’ve got your back, honey!
Love ya,
Grannie
Before you wrote a letter to BlogHer, did you do any of your OWN research to check on the accusations?
Jennifer, I have been reading your blog since it was first mentioned by Angie way back when you first found out Stellan was ill. You have inspired me, made me laugh, entertained me, taught me a few things, and I truly have enjoyed watching your kids grow and hearing all of your insights on the world. I’m sure I’ll continue to read your blog, because I find your writing to be powerful, thoughtful, and worth my time.
But, I’m sad to say, you’ve lost a lot of my trust. And I’m hurt. And sad. Very sad. I’m glad that you were honest, but, I don’t think you were honest enough. This was not just one mistake…this was deliberately taking someone else’s words, changing the pronouns, adding a word or two to make it sound more like you, and then passing it off as your own. More than once. With more than one other source.
I feel betrayed. I’m not one of the “naysayers”, I’m one of your devoted readers who feels totally slapped in the face.
Luckily, I believe in forgiveness and second chances, but I hope that you really think hard about how you made us feel…those of us who have always trusted you and always stood by your side (well, virtually) when others have attacked you. We’re not trying to be mean, or point fingers, but please know how hurt we are and how it’s going to take some time for you to make it up to us (that is, if you even want to, which I hope you do).
Nicole, you have every right to feel hurt. I would, too. I am sorry that I got caught…and I’m also sorry for what I deliberately, knowingly did. There is no excuse for it and I’m sorry I ever implied that there was. Take as much time as you need. You have every right to feel the way you do. Thank you for your comment.
See…THIS is why I’ve always loved you. I’m sorry I even had to post what I did, and if you want to erase it, go for it, I’ll understand.
You’ve had a huge part in me finding my way back to God, (You and my cousin’s wife both) just through your actions, your example, and your very entertaining writing about everyday life, too, not just your posts that are actually focused on Christianity…it’s more the posts that just show how to live a good Christian life without having to point out that it’s a Christian life (if that makes sense), so I guess that’s why this rocked me the way it did. I really appreciate that you took the time to comment back, it really meant a lot to me to read this (almost brought me some tears, but this time not ones of feeling hurt, but ones of being able to forgive). Thanks. A lot.
I read your I am flawed post and it totally bummed me out! I am glad you posted what happened. I am bummed out that that person didn’t contact you and give you a chance to fix it but we both know that God is completely sovereign even over the blog her ads being taken away. Following Christ and being a wife and a mother is hard enough without all the haters I don’t know how you do it but I hope and pray you look toward Christ during this time. I know nothing awful has happened and I’m not trying to make this sound worse than it is I just hope you are not discouraged. I hope and pray you look back on this time in your life and what you remember is not all the craziness that happened because of your blog but you remember how awesome God is and how blessed you are that He healed you marriage, your son and blessed you with 5 healthy children. I pray you remember the little things your kids are doing each day and most of all I pray you look back on this time in your life and you remember how loved you are by so many people all around the world. I hope the news is not that you are making your blog private but if it is you have my totally support (not that you need my support to make you choice ha) Whatever your family is doing in the future I pray God will bless you guys as you grow in the grace and knowledge of Him!
Much Love,
Vanessa
I love reading your blog, seeing your pictures and watching your kids grow. We all are faulted and have sinned. I don’t know what lies in your future, but I am excited to watch God work in your life and the lives of your family.
Reading the comments of some of the others and seeing other sites spend effort to bring forth any imperfections leaves a sick taste in my mouth and has honestly kept me from blogging myself.
I wish you all the best with your future and where God leads you. I know personally thru my own trials that God takes us down bumpy roads, but oh the destination is of such beauty!
God Bless you Mckfamily!
I really admire you, and especially with your last post…it makes you seem a little more human
Look forward to reading about what is in store for you!!!
I really hope the change in your family means that you are adopting.
Good luck with the medical issues. I have been through it, and it all turned out fine (meaning: no cancer, but the result was infertility).
Greetings,
A mother of two girls from China. (one is still in China..)
you guys are adopting, aren’t you? lol
I will be praying for you! Looking forward to reading you move forward!
I think that people should think long and hard about what it means to be a true christian. I said some things on that post that were only in disagreement with how Jennifer came across to me and potentially others. I did not at any time pass judgement on the way she lives her life, only in how she blogged about it. I find it amusing that people who disagree are labeled haters. I am not a hater. I am not trying to bring down MckMama. I realize that there are some who are though and shame on those people. But I would hope that the devoted followers would learn to distinguish between. I had someone who left a very nasty message for me over at my blog. I am not Satan whispering in her ear. Do you think only Satan would use others to spread a message. Seems to me that sometimes God chooses others to show us things about ourselves we might not realize. Not every negative thing is evil trying to worm it’s way in.
For the record…I believe that Jennifer is working for good and what flaws she has, what failings she had in the past are between her and God. As Mother Theresa said…”it never was between me and them…it was between me and God.” So Jennifer, please accept my apology if I came across as a hater. I do not wish you and harm or fault. My best wishes for a speedy recovery. I am praying for you, as someone who has been through that kind of surgery and scare.
Ohhh! Can’t wait to hear more! I took pictures of my peppers for you: http://livewithflair.blogspot.com/2010/10/when-you-start-to-feel-old.html
on a totally unrelated note, the “house of design” button kind of gets lost on the page – could it have a border or something around it?
I started reading, like many others, when Stellan was sick in your womb. I don’t usually read the comments to your posts but did for the recent “religious” one b/c I knew it would get people riled up (like the car accident, I can’t look away!). Of course we all have flaws – and I think Satan is getting his foot in the door to your MckHaters hearts and trying to get in yours b/c he sees just how much you are able to reach out to people in JESUS’ name. My pastor once said something like if we are to be in the world but not of the world, and we aren’t making people angry/upset/hate us for loving Jesus, we aren’t doing it right. So I think you must be doing something right.
I can’t seem to keep myself from typing this but shame on BlogHer and whoever “reported” you to them – as if every blogger they sponser has never ever broken a rule PRIOR to being sponsored, good grief. But seventy times seven has no place in this world, obviously.
Hope you are taking time to heal physically and spiritually from your surgery.
in love, robin
Jennifer,
You are loved, flaws and all! Those who choose to point the finger at your flaws must first remove the log from their own eye. None of us are perfect, none of us can claim to be. You made a mistake, but OUR GOD forgives!
I have been a ‘lurker’ for a little over a year now.
Usually I don’t comment, just enjoy my reading time. First, I want to say that you are in my prayers for a speedy recovery! I also want to say…THANK YOU. Thank you for always speaking your heart and mind. Thank you for sharing your life. Thank you for sharing your faith, your concerns, your happiness, your struggles. So many women (and men, I’m sure) can relate to so much you blog about. I, personally, have gained so much from your blog. Do I agree 100% with EVERYTHING you say? Nah. But is that bad? Nope. Diversity is what makes the world go round. If everyone felt the exact same way about every single issue, this world would be such a boring place.
I’m not going to sit here and berate the “meanies” who stalk your blog to find any single error they can. But, if any of you happen to read my post, please remember this: it is not ANY of OUR places in this world to judge another person so harshly. Jennifer made a mistake..big whoop. She realized it, she took the appropriate actions to do what she could to make ammends. Every single one of us has made whopper of mistakes. The nay-sayers may not enjoy this blog, they may find fault with Jennifer, but move on. Don’t read the blog. I hate scary movies, therefore I do not watch them. If you hate this blog that badly, don’t watch it. Pretty simple.
Jennifer, you have a few “haters”, but have SOOO many more loving readers. We are all rooting for you and will support you. Keep doing your thing! You’re so very good at it.
We love you Jennifer. Keep smiling and doing your thing.
You and your family are in my prayers.
Love & prayers from Connecticut.
LOVE Nuggey’s boots!! My son has the dinosaur pair and wears them every minute that he possibly can
On another note, about your previous post… It’s all good
I don’t know anyone’s heart except for my own. I am a bit shocked at your situation and could not fathom having such a microscope on my life. The entire thing just makes me sad. Not that you are flawed, we are all flawed, but the fact that there is a whole group of people who are out to make sure you pay for every mistake that you make in your life. I prayed for you last night and I certainly prayed for my sins. I am continually reminded on a daily basis that I need to not judge others, even if only in my head. I want to be an example and I want to love others. I will be praying for your family and I know as horrible as this all is good things come from bad times. I will continue to read if you choose to allow us to peek into your life, or whatever of it you choose to share. HUGS!!
Love you love you love you. I would have been around last night, pestering you with encouragement and love, except that we had some drama of our own over here.
Praying for your heart today, that you remember that all earthly things are temporal, and that God clothes the flowers and feeds the birds, who aren’t even created in His image. How much more He has for you sweet friend. All of “this” is going to burn up someday, but what you have in your heart, and in your family, that is what remains, and no one can touch that. May God be glorified in all of this!
I believe in you.
I’m a new reader to your blog. Good luck moving forward!
Angie
Long time lurker here! Just want to say that I’m praying for you and your family. From the outside looking in, knowing that your family is passionate about your relationship with Jesus, I’m excited to watch where He is leading you! That said, I know that you probably have your moments of excitement, fear, trust, anxiety, joy & peace as you look ahead. Just remember, that all things work together for the good of those who love him! Will keep praying for you–I don’t know you personally, but your heart for Him & intent for kingdom purposes is very evident to me!
I have read your blog for a while now and I have always loved what you have had to say even if I didn’t agree. Having different points of view makes each and everyone of us look outside the box and situations differently. I think it is sad that peoeple think they have the right to break down others because of your actions. I am not sure of the whole story but just because you write a blog that millions read does not mean you do NOT make mistakes and you aren’t perfect no one is so why people feel the need to make you feel less is beyond me.
I am so excited to hear about the next chapter in your life. Your family does so much good for others and please don’t ever let anyone bring you down….your doing GREAT girl!! You are a wonderful Mom and wife and you are brave enough to blog about it openly.
Eager to hear what the changes are. I know you closed comments on the “flawed” post and I would have too if I were you, but I just wanted to say, you go girl.
It takes a strong woman to admit her faults. And I love the comment about the Jesus card being the only one that can trump our faults! Amen and amen! I see from the tweet you’re planning on going to church today. That’s pretty ambitious what with the week you’ve had, dontcha think? Be careful not to overdo! 
Love that pic of Nuggey–the boots and the Superman shirt make the picture even better. 
Love & hugs from Dallas! 
I cannot wait to see what all God has ahead for you and am excited for you and your precious family’s future! I am so sorry you lost contract with BlogHer…I told my husband, “Whew, I am glad I am not blog famous because I’d be in trouble for plagerism also!” I honestly write my blog as a journal, scrapbook type thing. I just have never thought twice about telling about a new product I am using and copying and pasting the description of the product right off of their website. I certainly wouldn’t want to plagerize on purpose. I suppose I am just naive when it comes to all the blogging “rules”. Anyway, basically I can’t say blogher was right or wrong (though I don’t like the choice they made), but I just wanted you to know that I am very understanding and do not think less of you one bit. I was very sad for you when I saw your post last night. I just know God’s got something even better for you guys ahead though! I pray He wraps you up in Him ever so sweetly and that He gives you emmence hope!
Good “luck” to you and yours. I always feel bad when someone puts their life, heart and soul, out there and other folks feel the need to attack it. I’m glad your life is changing, because sometimes change it good. If you feel God is leading you then it will surely be for the best. And I, for one, will continue to read.
Excited for you!
I LOVE YOU, Jennifer!!
It’s really quite simple: You should post whatever you like on your blog. The reader should read what she/he likes or move on. When I turn on my computer and check your “page”, no one is standing over me forcing me to read what you’ve written. If I don’t like what you have to say, SHAME ON ME for continuing to read the entry!!
Best,
Bonnie
Praying for you!
Hello, MckMama
Today (Sunday) here very nice morning and wonderful Sunday. I have good and nice day with my family, usually I not blog on Sunday but today I saw some discussion about you on your community. I just would like to say you a words. You have a ‘Wonderful Family” Keeping walking and Smiling ”
Best Wish
Nan a friend form Thailand.
Oh no I hope it’s not a reality show! That was my first thought. Then I thought adoption but you just had a baby. You do know how to keep the suspense.
So excited for you!
Hang in there! I love coming and reading your post they are wonderful! I will continue to check in everyday like i have for the last year and a half and thank you for all the wonderful lessons with photos i have to say your blog made me remember that my job as a mom just like you is that our kids are the world and photos of them are a perfect way to remember the little moments.
I keep writing and deleting what I want to say. I sent you an email earlier. I look forward to hearing about the new changes in your life. Jennifer, you are a better person than many people will ever be.
My Hamish, who is the same age a Nuggey has that exact same shirt on today and I live all the way away in Australia……
good luck to you. I can’t wait to hear about your new adventure
:)
I’ll be honest… I’m glad the ads are gone. It’s pretty freeing to know that this is YOUR space now, and you are obligated to nobody. Sure, you could say you were obligated to nobody before, but in reality, the blog was your job and everyone who read it your employers… and man, you had some pretty micromanaging employers there for a while! But now, even if they STILL read and STILL pick you apart, they have NO CONTROL whatsoever. To me, that’s satisfying and freeing.
I am very sorry, though, that your “job” has ended (money-wise).. it’s not easy being unemployed in today’s times. I do hope that your new endeavor is fruitful and gives you peace and joy!
Looking forward to hearing about the future of your family… praying for y’all! And wanting to say that not one person on this planet is perfect, it would be very convicting for me to have my life open to the public eye such as yours…. Trusting in Him is what gets us all through these times! Keep your chin up!
I can’t wait to hear. I am excited for whatever the future holds for your family. And we all make mistakes since after all, “To error is only human.”
Jennifer,
I just wanted to say that I am drawn to your blog, to your writing style, to much of your parenting style. There were times that I was rubbed the wrong way by content, some inconstistencies bothered me, some debatable statements and occurences seemed too authoratative. I see you as a young mom, relativley newly married, who was making that tough transistion from being an independant woman on her own to a mother with lots of dependencies suddenly placed on her. It is a rough transistion going from how you imagined everything would play out to what really is. I always wanted to think that you had it all figured out. That you were somehow this ultra balanced, wise, organized mom that handled everything perfectly. A role model. And I was really bothered by the inconsistecies and the authority because it took away from the beautiful parts of your blog…alot. When I read here I want to read the pure you, a real mom, not the one concerned about clicks. Too much centered around the clicks.
I am sorry that Blogher withdrew as it is probably a lot , if not exactly, like losing a job which always creates a lot of stress. But maybe this will free you from the clicks? Maybe it will free you from the people like me who place the role model stress on you? Maybe you’ll take a break and re-balance and get yourself back on track (I can only imagine that you are exhausted by everything that has happened this week, and the past 6 years)? Maybe you’ll switch your genre and write somewhere else where you are free of the mom readers that feel they are entitled to write all this kind of stuff on your comments?
I just wanted to say good-luck with what comes next.
Peace
Well said. Peace MckMama.
Are you by any chance adopting Sam?
sam? sam? WHO’S SAM?????
I would like to have gotten in that cat-fight about BlogHer!
WOULD ALL OF THE PERFECT PEOPLE PLEASE STAND UP??
Quickly sitting down.
looking around…nope don’t see any…
thanks for clearing that up
I’m sitting too.
Hey Jennifer,
I don’t know if you read these comments or not, but I just wanted to let you know from a fellow sister in Christ over in Illinois that I am praying for you and your family wherever God leads you. You have been given such a unique gift… the ability to reach thousands of mommies for Christ…. and what a huge job that is!! It must be so hard and discouraging at times, but keep pressing on. Christ shines through your words and actions, and please know that you have pushed me to follow Christ a little harder.
Hugs and prayers from Chicago!!!
I’ve been reading for awhile, and can’t recall if I’ve commented before or not. I enjoy most of what you post and the things that don’t interest me, I simply choose not to read. Personally, I find your “cliff-hangers” to be the earmark of a talented writer. Lots of excellent authors, tv writers and bloggers do it, and I don’t see how anyone can take you to task for it. As for your post previous to this one, I’d be willing to bet the detractor site is using some of your content/photos (with malicious intent) without your permission. Seems to me that would be them doing exactly what they’ve accused you of doing.
Keep doing what you are doing, I’ll keep reading to see what’s coming next. Good Luck with whatever your future holds.
I think that you are thinking about adopting a child….Praying for you for good results from your test.
I was thinking the same thing!
Exciting! Can’t wait to hear about it!
By the way, your Nuggey is so very much like my Mr. Energy…as far as their love for all things creepy crawly.
And, well, from one homeschool mamma to another, I thought that you might love what we are doing at my house for your “everything creepy crawly loving son” (as well as the rest of your crew).
Stop on over at our blog and take a peek when you get a chance.
http://emptymefillmeagain.blogspot.com/2010/10/our-babies-are-growing.html
What an adorable jumping feet first picture!
Praying for you and your family, and excited to see where He leads you!
Please say its not a reality show! Horrible things happen to those people. For your own sake, stay away from reality shows. Otherwise, good luck with whatever. And the garage sale idea was very cool. We may try that ourselves and give the money to charity. Its a good lesson for kids.
She’s not going to do a reality show! She’s too smart for that!
Did you just say “She’s too smart for that?” …..that makes me laugh. She’s not smart enough to edit her writing, paraphrase and credit sources… but she’s “Smart Enough” to not do a reality show where she would get PAID for the insanity, Thank you so much for the laugh!
Why can’t it just stop? She has asked nicely…and she has moved on to a new topic, closing the old one…Just let it go and for heavens sake just BE NICE!
Really.
Just plain mean!
It must be nice to be so perfect and be able to criticize everyone else. Nobody but Jesus Christ himself is or was perfect. If her blog or comments bother you, please stop reading and go spend all your (apparently overly abundant) time somewhere else. It’s amazing how many people are out to “get” Mckmama! I wish I had so much free time on my hands!
WOW, what has happened to all of the kind people in the world? Why do people have to say these kinds of completely UN-Necessary things! Seriously, it was a mistake, she already cleared this up. How rude of you to say she “Isn’t smart” Because of ONE small mistake? We all just need to be a little more kind to each other and STOP judging other people. None of us are perfect.
Seriously, stop it! I can only hope that if you have kids that they don’t treat others like you do. How would you like it if someone said stuff like that to you. Stop being a 3rd grader and grow up already.
To those out there that leave hateful comments about MckMamma. Why not just come out and tell us the real reason you are doing this. You are JEALOUS! Plain and simple…you hate it that she gets paid for the ads on her page so you do what you can to get them stopped. Jealousy is a nasty thing….you might want to evalute your own life and leave Mckmamma alone.
Can’t wait to hear the news! Glad you seem to be keeping your perspective in all that’s happening right now. With God at the helm, you can’t go wrong, even if it’s not always EASY! It’s the leaning into HIM that matters, rain or shine. Love from Kentucky!
Oooh! Can’t wait to hear the news!
can’t wait to see what ya’ll are jumping into! i love that you share your life with us- the good and the bad! i find it so fun and interesting!
i love your mckfamily!
southern love and prayers from (the BeAcH
) alabama!
I wish nothing but the best for you and your beautiful family!
Agreed!
Thank you for sharing your family and life with us. I love checking in on your family. We are a homeschooling family as well, I love to hear about your experiences. Can’t wait to hear about your big decision.
Can’t wait to hear your news. Sound like you had a pretty rough day. Keep your chin up. You truly are an inspiration.
Not sure what happened to my gravatar?
I started reading when you were preggers with Stellan. It was the heart stuff that hit so close to home. I started checking in daily and fell in love with my charming kids. I don’t look for perfection, we are all flawed. Stellan was healed while Owen, while not healed, receives miracles after miracle. We blog to journal our daily lives. Ads were just secondary to that. We have them setup and all money generated goes straight into Owen’s heart account. It’s not about the money.. and you know that. I will continue to check in daily and enjoy reading. I’m sorry that you have been picked apart, I can’t imagine. We are all flawed. It comes with being human.
I’m looking forward to hearing what adventures you have in store…. LOVE the superman pic of Nugs. Very cute!
Praying all is well & that whatever is to come makes you all happy! Saty strong in your faith, mama!
Don’t let the turkeys get you down. They will never get what you have. With the recent rash of suicides related to Internet bullying, the law may catch up to reality sooner than they think. Good luck and many blessings in all your new adventures. You have my support and my prayers!!
Just wanted to let you know…you make me smile.
The end.
I agree! That is why I read!
You definitely have me intrigued! Can’t wait to hear all about it.
Liz
Loving This Mom Stuff
It’s too bad that you’ve been pushed into making bold decisions that will affect your family. I hope it works out better than ever.
I honestly do not get the mentality of it all. I read people who were “emotionally scarred by your cliffhangers” or feel you “need to come clean” about every second of your life and that is a line of crap. Emotionally invested…I say they need to get a grip. Reading your blog is entertaining and if you lied about eating Nutella for lunch I don’t think I’m going to be devastated over it.
This group has banded to bully a blogger. If your blog ends they will move on to another to nit pick to death. Personally, I have enough intelligence to make my own decisions in life and your colorful photos, food choices, school choices, truths, fibs, lies, opinions, views are purly entertainment, but don’t affect what I chose to do in my own home. I am amazed that there is such a large group of parents without the ability to distinguish between their real lifes and internet entertainment. Maybe they missed that warning given to kids that they guy on the other end of a conversation might not be 15, but instead 40 and naked.
I don’t think it matters one bit if every little detail is 100% the truth. I take from your blog what I want and leave the rest. I wish these people could have done the same and not affected your family so much. I sure wish I had their free time (and I don’t care if they tell me they only spend 10 minutes “looking”. BS It takes more time than that to read/research).
I wish your family the best and I hope you come back bigger and stronger than before and are wildly successful. Your success/failure doesn’t affect me one bit so not sure why it affects all those other bloggers so much, but it would be great for you to stick it to that anonymous crowd.
Thanks for your thoughts, Gayle! Just so you know, our bold decision has been on the table for a while, and we decided a few days ago. The timing of it all is interesting, but we were definitely not pushed. We think God is leading us in a certain direction, so we are following!
I am excited to hear all about it!
me too
i’m a big girl and i can decide what i read all on my own. 
and i’ll continue to read here…i think you are fascinating. and thank God you are less than perfect. it makes me feel better bc i’m not perfect either. 
With all my heart and with much sincerity, I pray you will keep God at the helm. Whether you ever come out and tell the whole truth and nothin but the truth is of little importance. God knows your heart, your actions, your intentions, He knows every thought, emotion, and reaction. From a personal standpoint, my family and I have gone through a year of major refining by God. It has been at the very least ROUGH! I firmly believe He refine us in the trials though. Having to look at yourself through God’s mirror can be humiliating, and downright painful. I’ve commented before and I’ll say it again, whether this gets through moderation or not, you are made in his image and likeness, Jennifer. I believe you are a good person with a good heart who has just gotten on this crazy cycle and not been able to jump off.
My prayer for you, Jennifer, is that you will take a step back with this new venture so that you can reevaluate what God’s will is for your life. You have an opportunity to start fresh and clean. Not only because God’s grace allows it, but because you will DO something about it! Authenticity. Integrity. You can fly under the radar of humans but not our Lord.
I wish you the best and pray for you.
I really feel great about your future!!! Can’t wait to watch it unfold
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I do, too! Thanks, Emily!
So exciting!
I thought you were going to bed…LOL
I got all the kids to bed early!
This is still early for me, though. If I can make it to be here soon. 
Might you be adding another new addition to the clan? Whatever (or whomever) it is, I am sure you all will be just fine!
Adopting a little one perhaps?
I can’t wait to see what God has for your sweet family…praying for you!
Can’t go wrong with God at the helm!