Daily Step – Dancing with the Daffodils
As is the new normal, I took a walk with my boys yesterday. At first, my oldest declared that we would not walk very far. Our...
Sunday Stride – Calling “no fair!”
There has been a lot of “No fair!” being said in my house this week. “Mommy, it’s no fair he has the remote.” Followed by, “Mommy,...
Daily Step – Stop and Notice
I can easily fill every hour of my quarantined days. Even before shelter-in-place started this week, I found more than 100 ways to fill my time...
Daily Step – Growing our new tails
“I pulled the worm apart, did I kill it?” Since our backyard is a bit of a mud pit right now, we went into the front...
Daily Step – The hope of Mary’s yes
A couple nights ago, my twins fell asleep on me. I asked my husband: “When was the last time they did this?” He responded: “Probably when...
Daily Step – We are being rebuilt
Confession: No matter my education, I’m terrible at first grade. It’s been true all year, actually. Not because the work is too difficult but because when...
Daily Step – This, too, is a gift
We took a family walk last night. Though my oldest was complaining from the onset, I pushed us to take a longer walk all the way...
Sunday Stride – Will You Let it Change You?
Here’s what a normal Saturday morning used to look like for me. I’d get up at 5:00AM to make myself breakfast and work on publishing my...
Daily Step – Let the Children Teach Us
Let the children teach us about hope. Yesterday, at lunch, my first grader turned to me and asked me “Mom, when am I going back to...
Daily Step – Let Yourself Feel it All
Let yourself feel it all – the beauty and the terror. Yesterday, we splashed in puddles again, and as predicted… puddles had joined with other puddles...