Everything is going to be okay. Really.I sat on the shaggy brown rug of my daughter's room playing dollhouse with her."You set up the bedrooms and …
the most important question: a lesson from the Dollhouse familyRead More
how not to be disillusioned in your dreams
I know it's almost Easter, and not anywhere close to Christmas, but I've got Wise Men on the brain.It could be the big ol' star I'm chasing (AKA …
new things in 2014
See, I am doing a new thing!Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?I am making a way in the wildernessand streams in the wasteland.-Isaiah …
sorting out a mama’s heart
One after one, I pulled clothes out of the laundry basket, folding, sorting, piling up the fabric that covers our naked lives. First a tank top I wore …
when your heart has a midlife crisis
Most days, I make my bed.This sort of practice is not typical for me. I'm not a generally disciplined person. I like to live on the fly, unencumbered …
what grief looks like
I sat at my kitchen table and watched the Jason's Deli delivery car pull up across the street.It's barely 8:00 in the morning and my eighty year-old …
a letter of apology to our future new car
Dear Future New Car,Allow me to apologize in advance for buying you. I know when you see me saunter up with my stylish husband, you will think we are …
the winds of love
I gaze out the kitchen window at the wind gusting through the branches with its mysterious beauty. This wind speaks to my soul. With no beginning and …
why I decided to love football
Mr. Fantastic and the boys shot FIKI footballs and laughed at the Superbowl commercials.They flipped to other channels when scantily clad women did …
how to be a blooming wallflower
I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. -John …
what happened on 620
"Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity..."-Hebrews 6:1I still remember the moment like it was …
fighting the wind
Sometimes you get more from a book than you had expected. I was surprised by the words I read about wind the other day in The Secret Garden. They …
