Category: Reflections
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This Season, Choose Love
The holidays have a way of magnifying everything. Love feels bigger, joy feels louder, loneliness can feel sharper, and our differences, the ones we usually ignore for the sake of our own sanity, are suddenly highlighted and magnified because of tradition. ‘And by golly, this is how we do it because this is how great-granddaddy…
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The Bittersweet Pride In Watching Them Grow
“Thank God I do know how to make their favorite meals to bring them back to my table. – Sheila Hunt” This summer was different. Not just that it was so freaking rainy and HOT, but different for me as the mom of 3 boys. We had the usual… run to practices and games and…
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Pray for our children, pray for our schools, Pray for each other
At the end of summer, my husband and I usually host a little breakfast called Prayers and Pancakes. It’s open to anyone who wants to join us. This year, with so many busy schedules and a lighter response, we decided to cancel the breakfast—but not the prayers. In creating this post, I draw on my…