I’m riding home from church, catching up on the news on my phone as Howie takes the long way home. His preferred route, while not the quickest, gave me time to write and share this post. I would normally complain, but not today 😉 I scrolled through a variety of social feeds during the ride, […]
My Story
I Can’t, But He Can, So I’m Gonna Let Him
Sixteen years ago, my friend Angela and I delivered baby girls. Same day. Same year. Minutes apart. We’d even both had C-sections. Angela and I were soccer moms whose sons played ball on the same team. I was struck when I learned that another mother from the team had given birth to a baby girl […]
Believe} I am Blessed
In 2013, my word was gratitude. I had just read Ann Voskamp’s book, “One Thousand Gifts,” and I was so inspired by her writing that I decided to take the joy journey and keep a gift list of my own. #1 music from the ones you love, Jeremy Camp, There Will be a Day #2 cool […]
Believe} No Worries
I don’t know how much of my life has been spent worrying, especially about my kids. It’s like children should come with a warning label when we birth them: Welcome to the uncomfortable world of maternal anxiety. When they were little, I worried about our kids health, about their education, about the choices they would […]
Believe} A Word Journey
A lot of people were happy to put 2020 in their rear view. Toilet paper and paper towel shortages were minor inconveniences compared to business closures and health concerns. It was an interesting (and frustrating year) here on the hill. It was the year that I learned to love grocery shopping and really dislike politics. […]
So Long 2020 and a New Word
It’s hard for me to wrap my mind around the reality of a pandemic turning life upside down in 2020. The mask wearing, social distance, lockdowns, and enormous loss of freedom is still hard to fathom. Yet nothing about it – not the threat of war, the coronavirus and the always-changing government mandates, the riots, […]