It’s amazing — but not surprising — how much birthdays change as you get older.
Knowing God through a feather
I am sitting outside trying to prepare my lesson for tomorrow’s online French class that I teach (check out CBB+ if you’re interested!), but it’s…
Separating the vegetables from the weeds
I went out this morning to check the garden boxes and quickly noticed that what is supposed to be lettuce is now overrun with weeds. I…
Fifteen minutes ago
Fifteen minutes ago, I swear, he was a baby.
The chaos of coffee each morning
Coffee. It’s a must in the morning, and this morning, I botched it good. Forgot to put the pot far enough into the coffee maker…
From homeschooling to online teaching
I went to college to become a mechanical engineer. I left college a newspaper journalist.
Wading
What is it with us moms? We’re so often so focused on finding the great recipes to feed our people, picking the perfect read-aloud, or…
We bought a farm
Sigh. We’re not farmers, and trying to learn how to farm during our mid-40s, well, it’s trying.
Talking about what matters
In these pivotal moments our of our nation’s conversation about race and violence and privilege and assumptions, I want to say the right things to…
It’s always something
From 2009 to 2014, I waited. I waited to get to Nepal, because then, things would settle down for a bit. In Nepal, I said,…