Today is our 27th wedding anniversary. We woke up to rain on the windows of an ordinary Thursday. Everyone racing through routines we’ve been in since the first day of school, but still running behind per the usual. Dishes piled high from the past few days and a hole leaking conveniently out the bottom of a… Continue reading Most Improved
1 Peter 4:10-11 Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received. Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words of God; whoever serves must do so with the strength that God supplies, so that God may be glorified in all… Continue reading A Steward Mom
“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the old skins would burst from the pressure, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. New wine is stored in new wineskins so that both are preserved.” — Matthew 9:17 I’m going to blame this post on the books and their inability to stay autonomous… Continue reading Killin’ Me Some Darlins’
The tipping point of winter came on Tuesday. I was able to take a walk after work and breathe deep down into toes. Shoulder muscles relaxed as I listened to the same new song over and over. It felt like hope was being infused in the molecules of the air, a raw waking up after… Continue reading On Spring, Poetry and a New Song
I’ve learned to recognize this feeling. February was a season of tiny margins, cold and gray days mixed with stubborn flu symptoms that sapped any scrap of leftover energy. The “You Need to Run Away” feeling showed up, sat down on my lap and refused to be ignored. Thankfully Grace provided a free Friday. There were… Continue reading The Day I Ran Away
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