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
Daily Step – Crying with Christ
I often try to avoid giving into tears. What about you? Today, my colleagues and I are engaging in a day of reflection on the third...
March 4, 2020
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 – 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
The Feet a Mother Could Love
This past weekend I gathered my crew together for a 15 minute mini-session of family photos. Now, I am not one to have high expectations for...
April 18, 2019
Engaging in Christ’s Story
This past January, I was at a conference in Miami, Fl. We took a bus one evening to dinner. I do NOT do buses well. And...
April 14, 2019