Daily Step – Don’t let it pass you by.
I did not sleep well last night. I had a bunch of weird nightmares that kept waking me up with a start. And then when I...
April 10, 2020
Daily Step – When you can’t solve, stand.
Who needs you to stand at the foot of their cross today? This week, I’m over @loyolapress’s #dotmagis blog talking about my twins night terrors and...
April 7, 2020
Daily Step – Not a Contest, A Doorway
I made 8 masks yesterday and not a one is even close to perfect. The seams are all jagged. The pleats are uneven. I had to...
April 6, 2020
Sunday Stride – What Remains
The room was dark except for a lone candle lit at the front. Next to the candle was a basket and in the basket was a...
April 4, 2020
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,...
March 28, 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
Sunday Stride – The World is Thirsty
My son’s been watching Pokemon for three days. Ok, not constantly, but a lot. Don’t worry, we have every intention of getting to the schoolwork soon,...
March 14, 2020
Sunday Stride – Shh! It’s a secret!
There are so many times when I just can not wait to talk about something. A week or so ago when we were all piling into...
March 7, 2020