I always came prepared. I had my shopping list on my phone, organized by aisle and my usual pattern of strolling through Target. I dutifully checked each box as I dropped each item into the cart, and even when I veered off course to peek at home goods or other fun things, I always came […]
Category: Fulfillment
All I want for Christmas is to love well
Growing up, Christmas was magical for me on an almost fairytale level. As someone whose love language is giving and receiving gifts, having that bent really ratchets the holidays up a notch. But now that I’m all grown up, I know the secret of my wonderful childhood holidays, and her moniker begins and ends with […]
In pursuit of wonder
As a very cautious, rule-following teenager, the prospect was a bit out of my comfort zone. A group of friends wanted to go mudding. Having grown up in the country, I had seen muddy trucks my whole life, but I had never been in one when it acquired all of that mud. A guy in […]
When the manna runs out
I always thought that, if I were blessed with a child, I would grieve each stage as it passed. That I would cry when she stopped sleeping with her favorite blanket or started saying words correctly instead of with the adorable, yet incorrect, pronunciation of a young child. I thought I would be so sad […]
Just Shy of the Promise
I was a junior in college. It was Super Bowl night. I had been sick all weekend and had missed a ministry trip that I was supposed to lead. It was the first night I actually emerged from my rumpled bed to communicate with other human beings. I didn’t feel very attractive with my puffy […]
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