Confession: I didn’t actually choose most of my kids’ names. It was a precedent set right away, in my first pregnancy. I went to bat…
Eclipse
“We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by…
Connect
Was a time when I used to talk on the phone. Daily, even. Phone calls were a normal, expected part of the day— especially with my…
Her birthday {On Syria}
Birdie was born on September 11, 2010. It was the nine year anniversary of the terrorist attacks and yes, we were well aware as we…
Feeding the People {a large family’s 2 week menu with recipe links)
January started out with a bang for us; not only are we in need of a meeting what feels like an impossibly large deductible for…
A child was here
These things we mothers do, quickly, without thinking. Walking down the stairs? Might as well grab a cloth and wipe fingerprints off the banister as…
You live in a bubble. We all do.
What should have shocked us most about the most recent election cycle was, I think, our own shock. Not the rhetoric, the outrage, the circus.…
Timing
God’s timing is a concept I don’t think I’ll ever understand. Months ago, feeling the call to travel again to Haiti and take my son,…
Daughter
For nearly half of my life, I’ve been a mother. It’s one of my primary roles; it’s the one many people associate me with most,…
Do it again
A quote I heard this week that spoke deeply to me: “Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore…