Have you ever had to make a really hard decision? A decision that in a previous season would have been a “no brainer” and you would have celebrated with a Starbucks? My current season has…
September 14th, 2020
Dead Things
One morning in college I woke up to a dead bird in my bed. I screamed and then I cried. I had rolled over on my beloved green cheek conure, Jack. I also kill plants. If you are ever looking to bring…
August 31st, 2020
So She Did
As I closed my computer from the Zoom Social Studies class I had just finished with my nephews in Michigan and my own kids I felt pretty satisfied with the end of the first day. Sure it had some rough…
August 24th, 2020
Conviction of Complacence
A few weeks ago, I had that awful feeling in the pit of my stomach. You know the one that makes you instantly want to lose all you ate? The one where it feels like the feet under you may go at any moment…
August 17th, 2020
From Puzzled to Provision
I am prepared to be an old lady, here me out because you just might be ready too. Fuzzy socks, front porch sitting, coffee, and puzzles are just the beginning of my list. If you have known me for a while…
August 10th, 2020
Unanswered Prayers
If you lived in the 90’s and didn’t know Garth Brooks, well you lived under a rock. If you lived in the 90’s, knew of Garth Brooks, but didn’t listen to his music well I am not sure we can be friends…
August 3rd, 2020
The Hang Up
During the glorious years when I would have kids napping at the same time, my husband would always call to see how my day was going. This particular day I was sobbing. Now, if you have been a mom…
July 27th, 2020
Hope In A Hopeless Place
Bryan Stevenson wrote in his book Just Mercy about the freedom of an inmate from death row as “…a sign of hope in a hopeless place.” It occurred to me that so many of us feel this exact feeling…
July 20th, 2020
Is Crashing Inevitable?
As a teenage driver in Michigan winters, I learned a whole lot about ice, slush, and whiteouts. When I tell my kids they NEVER canceled school growing up it is a smidgen of a lie, but not really…
July 13th, 2020
The Weakest Link
As the afternoon sun beat down on top of our heads, you could hear the younger children laughing and delightfully screaming as they slid down the slides and wildly kicked their feet in the air…
