Lost in Laundry

I am learning that whatever imparts relational wounds in my life, is often the very same mechanism by which I heal. If you’ve been betrayed by a friend you trusted…trusting a new friend will begin to heal you. If you’ve been hurt by a faith community, a new, messy, imperfect, accepting faith community will bear […]

[Squat.] I hate this. [Squat.] When is this going to be over. [Squat.] My legs are on fire. [Squat.] Why did I sign up for this. [Squat.] What kind of word is “squat”? [Squat.] It’s a gross disgusting word. [Squat.] I’m never going to get any better at this. [Squat.] I am the least in shape person in this gym. [Squat.] I could […]

I had a goal this year to be on social media less and on my Kindle app more. So, like, in those spare minutes when I would normally pick up my phone and scroll thru Facebook, the plan was to instead pick up my phone and open my Kindle app and read a few paragraphs. […]

One day last month or so (I promise, it feels like last month) I was teaching him to count pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. And then one day I glanced up and his Dad is teaching him how to manage his new checking account from his phone. He’s 15 this month, and he has a bank account, and I wanna cry […]

Every so often I take my early morning cup of coffee and step outside. I leave my phone behind so that I can just enjoy the trees and birds and sunrise in the moment instead of taking a photo and captioning it in my mind for later sharing on social media.  (It’s a real problem I […]

A friend gifted me a liturgical day planner called “Sacred Ordinary Days.” The word liturgical has previously felt mostly like a mystery to me. I’m not familiar with liturgical worship services or traditions; however, I am appreciating the sweet solace in ordinary quiet rhythms, and feeling a pull toward ancient rituals and solemn, holy routine.  Reading excerpts from […]

Mom’s of toddlers make an event of sharing the maddening, but ultimately laughable, stories of mayhem and destruction that the 5 and under set wreak upon our lives. In this stage of mothering, the rare coffee date with a group of friends explodes into laughter over the mischievous tales of your rambunctious toddler. Even the […]

My relationship with Facebook is the same as every other mid-thirties mom I know:  We love seeing pictures and hearing about the daily lives of friends and family far away.  We hate how it becomes a time drain and leaves us feeling like we suddenly look up from our phone to realize we just wasted 45 […]

  Sitting on my back porch today, looking at those pretty woods dotted with redbud trees, I remembered a page in my journal from not quite 2 years ago that I recently stumbled upon:     This light-hearted journal page, full of little wishes uttered as weak prayers, was written at a time when our […]