Daily Step – God speaks to us as God makes us.
“God speaks to us as God makes us.” This weekend, my oldest will celebrate his First Communion. In speaking with my spiritual director about it, she...
May 7, 2021
Daily Step – Are You Tired?
Are you tired? I am not sure I have ever felt so tired at the end of a summer before. When we were working on the...
July 29, 2020
Daily Step – This is the time to be slow.
Last night I had quite an ordinary dream. In it, I was going through the rhythm of what a day used to look like near the...
July 13, 2020
Daily Step – The Grace to Feel
There are a lot of big feelings right now, aren’t there? Longing, anxiety, trepidation, confusion, anger… all these and more mixed in with tangible moments of...
June 24, 2020
Daily Step – Don’t let it slip away.
I woke up at 3:30AM from a dream I couldn’t hold onto. Has that ever happened to you? You were in the middle of a nice...
April 23, 2020
Daily Step – Don’t hesitate!
This old Christmas decoration sits on my fireplace right now. Earlier this week, it was covered up by baskets of unfolded laundry and a bag of...
April 15, 2020
Daily Step – A Glimpse of God
Sometimes a simple photo is all it takes to catch a glimpse of God. “Boys, do you want to make a picture with mommy on the...
March 31, 2020
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 – 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
Daily Step – God in “cwris-tols”
I marvel at the limitless possibilities of a child’s imagination. One of my twins came home with this rock yesterday – “Mom, look it’s a cwris-tol!”...
March 10, 2020