Your toddler erupting in emotions doesn’t mean you are doing something wrong. (aka, “I know you sooooo badly want to keep your shoes on but you just spent 10 minutes…
70 degrees in December
I exercised for the first time in many many months. She dumped water all over the deck and herself to her favorite tunes. We walked a few driveway laps. A…
a persistent posture toward God
Have you ever noticed when you consider something too complicated it is only burdensome, but when it’s simple it seems much more doable? Every so often I realize how complex…
“Please move,” she asked.
She wanted me to sit outside the playroom so she could play with Julia by herself. “Please move,” with a huge smile. The beginning of watching them learn sisterhood and…
A prayer | There is something…
Holy One,there is something I wanted to tell you,but there have been errands to run,bills to pay,arrangements to make,meetings to attend,friends to entertain,washing to do…and I forget what it is…
Joy Triggers
Watching Jules laugh and smile as Anna runs around her Conversations in a quiet kitchen post-bedtime with John Group Marco Polos with high school friends A pediatrician we trust and…
Reading and Listening | No. 48
Check out other Reading and Listening posts here. Trading Noise for Silence, and How To Use It “How can we even know what to pray about, at the deepest level,…