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...
March 27, 2020
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...
March 26, 2020
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...
March 25, 2020
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...
March 24, 2020
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...
March 23, 2020
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...
March 22, 2020
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...
March 20, 2020
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...
March 19, 2020
Daily Step – Jump in the Puddle
When is the last time you splashed in a puddle? Yesterday, I gathered my boys up, got a cup of coffee, and took them to a...
March 18, 2020
Daily Step – Isn’t it crazy how we miss people?
Admittedly, I sat a lot yesterday. I had all three boys home with me and so, admittedly, they sat a whole lot too. Though at one...
March 17, 2020