Alice celebrated her first birthday nearly a month ago, and I wouldn’t be totally honest if I didn’t admit that the day was filled with…
Two Years Ago
The memory popped up in my FB feed: two years ago this month, the world began shutting down.
Abundance
Each new season of parenting has made me look back on the one before and wonder how, exactly, it was that I thought the milestones…
The Work
“The message I preach hasn’t changed. Circumstances have changed. Problems have changed, but deep inside man has not changed, and the gospel hasn’t changed.”—Billy Graham
Home
I am a big believer in the power of home. The presence of the people that you love can make any place home. I’m not…
The Good Old Days
The light was brilliant this afternoon, as it often is this time of year. I am a sucker for good light, so even though there was…
October, pt. 2
Yesterday I hinted at something big that had happened in October without giving the details. Today I tell all.
To Your Health
One thing that’s been on my mind a lot lately is health. (Gee, I wonder why.) This has been a super challenging year for me physically.…
From A Distance
Of all of the unique challenges that come with large family life— the abbreviated appliance life cycles, the hunt for a vehicle big enough to…
Our Brothers and Our Sisters
We’ve been in my room much of the last few days, just Alice and I, and it’s given me a lot of time to be…