A trip to a local animal farm, where Anna’s favorite thing was chasing the ducks A surprising hour before dinner playing in the pool, just me and Anna Shopping secondhand…
gratitude
today was a good day
We were happily surprised by 4 owls talking and flying 100 yards from our back door. Anna currently loves listening for them so it was a treat. I spent some…
these are the days
These are the days… of proud spin moves on the trampoline of spending the afternoon driving the few miles from our home to play on the playground or feed the…
eat-outside weather, baby kicks and a favorite company
A few things, friend to friend… I love the first days of warm-enough-to-eat-snacks-outside-without-sweating and let’s-leave-the-doors-open-until-noon. Thank you, Lord, for the gift of sunshine and places to play and slow mornings…
gratitude, God as a parent, and boundaries
I sometimes figure out what I think about a topic or situation AS I’m talking about it. Hence my boxes and boxes of journals from 10th grade to now. Oy….
the life-giving nature of thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is like forgiveness to me sometimes. Forgiveness, at its root, is more about being closer to God and a gift for me than it is about the person who…