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Welcome, friend! I’m so glad you’re here!

Shalene Roberts
ENCOURAGING WOMEN TO

anchor in Christ, nurture grace-filled families & foster life-giving homes


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Writing with hopeful authenticity about the intersection of faith & motherhood.

Author of Bruce the Brave. Owner of Lily & Loom . Seen on MOTHERLY, Her View From Home, HGTV, Fixer Upper: Welcome Home & more.

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Hi, friends! I’m so glad you’re here. I’m Shalene Roberts, a writer, author, photographer and small-business owner. As a mom to five, I’ve been writing about the intersection of faith and motherhood for more than a decade. Through his merciful grace and sovereign goodness, the Lord has revealed to me that there is incredible meaning and eternal significance in the role of motherhood, and it is my hope that I can impart a bit of that life-changing truth to you in this space.

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“When Mothering is Hard”
Releases 4-21-26 🎉
Encouraging women to anchor in Christ, nurture grace-filled families, foster lifegiving homes

It all ended last night. A decade and a half of sp It all ended last night. A decade and a half of spring seasons spent beneath the Texas sun atop a red dirt diamond ended in one final out. When they’re younger and the years stretch before you, time feels luxurious. You think you have so many games left. And then you blink, and they’re a senior. And suddenly they’re playing in their last play off game. 

It ends in the blink of an eye. And no one can prepare you for the heartbreak of it. I’m so proud of him and the way he finished well, but I will miss these years immensely.

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Tonight I watched him step up to the plate for the Tonight I watched him step up to the plate for the last time. Play offs. Single elimination. Down by 1. Last inning. Two outs. And the batting line up just happened to fall to him.

Nothing prepares you for that.

He took a breath. The weight of an entire lifetime spent in red dirt hinging on this moment. He set his face like flint to that pitcher. The ball left the glove, and he swung. 

Strike one. 

He stepped away. Reset. Tapped the base. Then set himself once more. He swung, hit a line drive and sprinted headlong towards the base, setting his foot atop it just a fraction of a second after the first baseman caught the ball.

The final out. 

Nearly 15 years of our lives ended beneath stormy skies on that Dallas baseball field tonight. We’ve spent every spring since he was old enough to hit a ball sitting along a baseline. And it all came to a final conclusion in one out.

I asked him later what it was like with that pressure. The weight of it all on his shoulders. He told me he wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. “I wouldn’t have wanted one of the younger players to have had to step into that,” he said. 

Several years ago, a finale like that would have crushed him. Tonight, he saw the challenge, rose to it, and left with his head held high despite defeat. 

I wish we had another game, another season, another victory. All these last senior milestones have a way of ripping your heart right out. But in the end, who I’ve watched my son become through a decade and a half on the baseball diamond is even better than winning.

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No one can prepare you for this, this ebbing and f No one can prepare you for this, this ebbing and flowing of emotions, this elation mixed with sorrow. Senior year. District playoffs. Single elimination. There is no next season. And the ache of that realization is desperately hard. 

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Twelve years and what feels like the length of an Twelve years and what feels like the length of an entire lifetime ends in just three and a half weeks. 

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They were always the dream. All five of them. The They were always the dream. All five of them. The wildest, most beautiful dream God has given me, and we are so grateful for this life with them.

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