Years ago, I learned a lesson the hard way. Mired in depression and struggling with the fact that my life at that moment was good, but…
Introducing … Straddle Parenting
Back when we started this website, our focus was fairly clear: we were called to provide encouragement to families taking the road less travelled. For two…
Thanksgiving
This morning, I woke up in a bed given to me by someone I’ve met only once, at a wedding, more than a decade and…
Any given day
Some days are special. Weddings, births, adoptions, baptisms, graduations. Milestones, all of them. Special days. But most days? They’re just days.
When you can’t
For the second time this year, I can’t. I can’t hoist a two year-old onto my hip and scale the stairs. I can’t stand at the…
The Long and Short of It
Do I agree with them all the time? Of course not. We are 15 separate human beings, of varying lives and faith. We each have…
The unexpected
My Sunday was supposed to look like this: wake up, lunch in crockpot, write, kids up, make breakfast, dress, shower, dinner in roaster, church, fellowship…
Seven is five
We called her Seven, in the incredulous days and weeks following the positive pregnancy test. Years of longing unfulfilled had helped us realize that pregnancy…
The Author
It never ceases to amaze me how God takes a tiny cluster of cells and blossoms it into a distinct, unique creation in a matter…
One fine day
When your day starts off less than promising… When you’re pretty sure God picked the wrong person for the job of being you… Look around.…