Twenty years ago today, my Prep class walked the stage. I pulled out some pictures (from an age when we actually printed pictures) and tried to remember what it felt like to be 18. I didn’t own a car. I didn’t own a cellphone. I wasn’t a coffee drinker yet I was heading home forContinue reading “20 Years Later”
Category Archives: Thoughts
Haiku • on babies growing up
so little, so grown heart both breaks and bursts daily being a mom’s weird
thoughts || on Mothers Day ||
This. Read if you’re a pastor. But definitely read if you’re a mother Mothers Day is a million kinds of hard. Mothers Day is a million kinds of good. Every mother has her own story about her own good and her own hard, and it can feel near impossible to say the words, or writeContinue reading “thoughts || on Mothers Day ||”
I Didn’t Know When I Woke Up
May 1 is a day for celebrating in this house. I didn’t know, waking up, that I had just finished my last night of GREAT sleep for many, many years to come. I didn’t know, getting ready for work, that the nursery I walked through would officially be HERS by the time I came homeContinue reading “I Didn’t Know When I Woke Up”
King Reggie
• 4 months old • rules the roost • sassy + sweet • • hasn’t yet learned to clean up his own nose prints •
A Simple Gesture
There is still kindness out there This is the front of Libby’s school. Due to both sensory and mobility challenges, Libby uses a special door for pickup and drop-off. That little one waaaaaay over on the right side of the building. She also gets dropped off a little late and picked up a little early,Continue reading “A Simple Gesture”
We are Blessed
Thoughts on a Tuesday… We are blessed when we struggle in this vale of tears, and our eyes and thoughts are lifted heavenward. We are blessed when we struggle, with friends who bear our burdens. It is also a blessing to be the one to bear a burden FOR a friend. Snippets of grace today:Continue reading “We are Blessed”
Sharing the Hard Stuff
I love to share jokes and memes and sarcasm. I love to share recipes and tips and products I’m obsessed with. I love to share all the things adorable and amazing and beautiful going on in my world. I love to share anything safe. Easy. Guaranteed to make others feel good. I do NOT loveContinue reading “Sharing the Hard Stuff”
The First Week
I don’t think I’ll ever forget what life was/is like these past 12 months. And I pray I never forget what it was like before March 2020. But that narrow window of the first week. The uncertainty. The dark gloom. The lump in my throat, the constant verge of tears… that was its own uniqueContinue reading “The First Week”
Thy Will Be Done 