Daily Step – “Mom, we made a pool!”
I told the boys they had to wait until the weekend for us to inflate a pool for the backyard. So, in their wisdom, they found...
May 13, 2020
Daily Step – Perspective found stuck up a twisty slide.
When three boys are playing quietly without iPads, I know I SHOULD worry. But yesterday was a rough Monday, so when they were all getting along...
May 12, 2020
Daily Step – A Blessing for Inspiration
Monday mornings are not always filled with inspiration for me. I sat this morning in the quiet house after my husband left for work and tried...
May 11, 2020
Sunday Stride – The Complexity of Motherhood
When I was a kid, I had a very simple vision of motherhood. I imagined all my childhood friends and I growing up and having kids...
May 9, 2020
Daily Step – What will make today a holy place for you?
Is it just me or did April disappear very fast? It’s already well into May. Today would have been our seniors last school day and Sunday...
May 8, 2020
Daily Step – What brings you peace today?
I used to be a good sleeper. Now many things seem to keep me up in the middle of the night. A week ago, the thought...
May 7, 2020
Daily Step – What is bringing you hope this week?
Hope is all around – even in plastic, homemade flowers. My twins came into my “classroom” where I was working on something yesterday and said “Mommy,...
May 6, 2020
Daily Step – What are you grateful for today?
This morning I’m trying to focus on gratitude. Even as I just spilled my entire large cup of coffee all over the floor in the once...
May 5, 2020
Daily Step – Do you remember where you were?
Do you remember where you were when this pandemic really hit home? That’s the question we probably will be asked for years to come. So where...
May 4, 2020
Sunday Stride – There is nothing I shall want… really?!
I am a complainer. I realized this (not for the first time) earlier this week when I noticed that once again the only thing I was...
May 2, 2020