It was one of those moments. You may know the kind – where you were going along just fine, and all of a sudden, you come up against an obstacle that seems insurmountable. And you are shaken to the core. I was a little girl, playing at the park with my sisters and cousins. I […]
Category: Courage
At the mercy of chaos no longer
It began with one resounding gong. Then another. Which led to yet another. In the dreamy haze of 1 a.m. sleep, I tried to hold on. Another loud clang, a sound that seemed to go bone deep, and I felt sleep lifting from me. I tried to claw my way back to the blessed rest […]
A tale of two grocery carts
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 […]
What visits with Grandma taught me about the power of connection
School days were hectic for our family back then, with four kids all involved in sports, but our Wednesdays were sacred. We had to stay after school for practices or games every other day of the week, but on Wednesdays, no sports teams had practices or games. We looked forward to Wednesday every single week. […]
Musings on Jonah, Part Two: God’s provisions, the lovely and the not-so-lovely
[Continued from Musings on Jonah, Part One: Is it right for you to be angry?] Two things I love most from this passage: God is always teaching us and God is always providing for us. He is teaching Jonah here. He used the example of the plant that made Jonah so happy when it kept […]
On free returns and redemption
A couple weeks ago, I ordered my first pair of Doc Martens. A 90s teen to the core, I always adored Docs, but alas! I never owned a pair. And now, at age 44 with very flat feet, I find that I need some extra arch support. So I figured, why not cushion my aging […]
Lessons from a daisy
She won it in an art contest at school: a packet of daisy seeds. Disregarding the fact that her mother is an inadvertent plant killer, my daughter was determined to nurture these seeds into full growth. So she followed the directions on how to plant the seeds in a small cup, which she painted to […]
Under construction
My daughter’s room has been through nearly as many changes as she has over the years. From a darling ladybug/bee/butterfly nursery to a pink princess theme to a transitional stage where she began to despise pink and love mint green. It was then, when she was in seventh grade, that we repainted her walls a […]
A new song
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The music blared from the store’s speakers, determined to get us shoppers in the Christmas spirit. Kids whined and wailed from the prisons of their parents’ carts, determined to get the toys they wanted. My cart itself was determined to veer left, no matter how hard I […]
What spending my Kohl’s cash taught me about holding on to hope
It was supposed to be a simple errand. I had Kohl’s cash to spend, and I knew exactly what I wanted. By checking online, I also knew that the store closest to my house didn’t have the shirt I wanted in my size, but the Kohl’s in the other direction had one. So I made […]
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