Sunday Stride – Winning
“Well, we are really winning at this parenting thing, aren’t we?” This is a statement that tends to come out of my mouth at the height...
February 29, 2020
Daily Step – God Understands Us Both
Do not worry about the language you use. Three boys, three types of cereal. I know that perhaps I should adopt the “we open one box...
February 28, 2020
Daily Step – Difficult Conversations
I sometimes want to run away from difficult conversations. Especially those conversations where my children are looking at me with their inquisitive brown eyes and waiting...
February 27, 2020
Daily Step – Ash Wednesday
We are for a day, marked. We are for a day, visibly human. I recently wrote an article for @bustedhalo about Ash Wednesday. As we begin...
February 26, 2020
Daily Step – Preparing for Lent
I can be super self-critical. I mean I’ve found half a dozen things I’d like to alter in this photo alone. Am I alone in this?...
February 25, 2020
Daily Step – Case of the Mondays
Mondays tend to give me anxiety. It seems like it is always the day of the week that we can’t find anything and everyone is just...
February 24, 2020
Sunday Stride – We Belong to One Another
It’s that we have forgotten we belong to one another. When my identical twins were born, I worried a lot about how I would tell them...
February 22, 2020
Daily Step – Watch it Grow
I can be so impatient with change. Change in myself, and, to be honest, often change in others too. I forget that things take a really...
February 21, 2020
Daily Step – Simple Acts of Love
I forgot the rocks. Twice. If you have been following me for a bit, you know that my sons request rocks when I travel. It is such...
February 20, 2020
Daily Step – Hold My Hand
I used to ask God to hold my hand when I was scared. One time, on a rollercoaster I did not particularly want to be on,...
February 19, 2020