Christmas Gifts
The stockings are hung, the presents are wrapped, the goodies are baked. We’ve rehearsed our Christmas Eve KidStuf show, decorated for the Christmas Eve candlelight service, watched the favorite...
View ArticleYou Know You’re a Working Mom When… Beautiful Realities
I recently read this post that all working moms can relate to. It’s pretty good. I think the author, Rebecca Rose, and I could be fast friends. We could sit over a cup of coffee, or better yet a glass...
View ArticleGood News for Failures
I have said more that a few times that my son is uncoachable. He listens intently, tries his best to do what he’s instructed, and picks up on things pretty well. He’s a smart ball player, who can take...
View ArticleThe Girls We Once Were
I remember us. Do you? Young and beautiful and free. Dancing, and jumping and twirling and laughing. Do you remember that time we drew a circle of onlookers as we showed our skills on the makeshift...
View ArticleCar Conversations & 90’s Rap
This past weekend I spent a good deal of time in the car with Drew, on our way to or from baseball fields. (Between our family there were 6 games, 1 photo session and 1 Tryout this weekend!) I don’t...
View ArticleA Moment to Remember
We all need more moments like these. Or at least I know I do. Complete abandon, going down screaming with joy, one hand raised in the air in triumph, with no concern about what’s at the bottom. Have...
View ArticleNeeded Some Happy…
I needed some happy and some beauty today as I pull myself out of a funk. So, I thought I’d share it with you, because maybe you too need the reminder that the world is a place full of wonder and...
View ArticleJumping Off
I almost always feel like I’m on a spinning carousel, that’s going too fast and making me a bit ill, with it’s fancy horses, bright lights, and tinny music. Every now and then I jump off, but it’s such...
View ArticleBaseball, Pumpkins & Not So Perfect Moments
Our weekend was made up of these perfect moments that take your breath away and make you wonder how God could trust you with these precious lives he made. That included Ben sipping on his hot...
View ArticleThese Tiny Feet
Just over 19 years ago, I met a precious little toddler. She smiled and brightened a room, and had a little pony tail that stuck up and fanned out in the cutest way. A few years later, I met the man...
View ArticleNot About the Turkey
A peek at social media during November and you’ll know immediately that it’s the season of thanks. I don’t participate in the 30 days of thanks, just because to me it feels forced and something to...
View ArticleTraditions
I’ve been gone. I know you missed me. {despite your silence that would say otherwise. no hard feelings.} Every now and then I disappear because I can’t figure out how to write about what’s going on,...
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