God's story, your life.

Unfolding short stories.

Hello, my name is Kayla Gahagan, and I'm a wife, a mom of four, an author, a dance teacher, a journalist, first and foremost, a lifelong disciple of Jesus. And when I say those

things out loud, it's a reminder of the constant journey he has me on to keep my eyes on him.

Because even reading that list out loud, it's full, it's busy, there are so many days to count

when I don't even get halfway through my

to-do list. But over the years, particularly in parenting, he has transformed the way I think

about my mission here on earth. And really, right now, my mission field is very much my family,

my husband and my four kids.

I can think of really specific times when he has grabbed my heart and reminded me of the

incredible gift that motherhood is and really the weight of that responsibility.

And he has to remind me time and time again that I don't have to do motherhood

alone. I parent with Jesus. So my husband and I were like a trifecta of stewarding these four

kids. So we're never alone in this parenting journey. One of the pivotal moments for me in this

journey came early in parenthood when i had two kids

elijah was three and it was brook's first birthday it was literally her birthday that day

and i had them in the bathtub and we were running late for a bible study we're going to do the

celebration later that weekend and And there were only a

couple of inches of water in the bathtub. And I remember saying to them, I will be right back. I ran to

the kitchen and I started unloading the dishwasher. And this is classic me. Like probably every mom

gets this constant multitasking. We're never really in one square at one time.

So I heard Elijah yell for me after a couple minutes. And by the time I raced back to the

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