These are the kinds of conversations happening in my home these days:Conversation #1:Me: Why are you wearing your brother's underwear?Boy: There's no …
how to hold onto your (used to be) babies
I was just sitting at the kitchen table yesterday, minding my own business, when a singular revelation hit me like a lightning bolt.I haven't seen …
what I’m reading: spring 2016
Where are my book people at?I haven't posted a book list in a while. It isn't because I haven't been reading. I think I've just been too lazy to write …
why you need to be loved more than you deserve
Everyone is a big liar about turning forty. It isn't the new thirty, or even the new thirty-five. It is forty, and it may take me a while to get used …
on avoiding my fortieth birthday
I have been so brave about turning forty until this week- when I will actually have to turn forty. Such an unfortunate turn of cowardice on my …
why we wait for love
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.-1 Corinthians 13:13I'm feeling nostalgic …
let’s be adventurous
Yesterday we packed up some snacks and drove to the Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas. We've been studying WW2, and wanted to put …
when darkness means love
Just north of Austin there’s a 30,000 year old limestone cave that’s been turned into a tourist attraction. A friend of mine organized a group tour …
old enough
I promise it's true: the older we get, the younger we feel.Which is ridiculous, because we remember middle school like it was yesterday, when we …
when Love sleeps
In the deep, still darkness of the night, we woke up and noticed our bedroom light was on.Four hours before, we had turned every light off and gone to …
12 years later I’m still cluelessly mothering by faith
The year I turned twelve, I got a snazzy new purple and neon yellow track suit from Big 5 Sporting Goods in Yorba Linda, California. I knew nothing …
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my awkward week of solo parenting
For four days, my husband has been on a work trip and I have been parenting solo.For the record, parenting solo is NOT the same as being a Single …
