Dear Kansas, June 5th marks 9 years you and I have been together. To honor this ‘almost a decade’ anniversary, I’m thinking it’s time to finally come clean about my feelings toward you. Brace yourself. It might get ugly before it gets surprising. I’ll start by first admitting we have had a rather rocky relationship, you… Continue reading A Love Letter to Kansas
Hey Kids, 2014 is a big birthday year for each of you. 21, 18 and 13….You’ve taken quite a few steps since I took this photo. Trace summed it by saying…”Caitlin will now be able to buy liquor, I’ll be able to buy tobacco and Caroline can go in a sauna.” What?! Umm, yeah…that was… Continue reading The Year of Big Birthdays
Leftovers. My husband hates them unless I completely camouflage them as something new. I LOVE them because that means dinner is just a push of the microwave button from being on the table. For some reason I’ve been thinking about the leftovers from that big ol’ supper miracle that Jesus fixed by the side of the… Continue reading The Story of Hope (Spoken)
I am a broken mess. I am beloved. Those two truths change my story. I am prideful and vain. I am selfish. There are times I wake up and discover I am running after all sorts of idols. I speak when I should be quiet. I am silent when I should speak. I erect a personal judgement seat… Continue reading A Broken Loving Mess
This weekend much of our country was blanketed in snow. Plans dampened and changed by a week sprinkled with school closings and travel delays. But under all the cold, the ground was warming and new life was beginning and it felt like Aslan was stirring. “Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight, At… Continue reading If: Now
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