Daily Step – What did you love doing as a child?
My twins started an after school drama camp last week. I had asked them last Monday: “If you could do anything as an extracurricular, what would...
November 2, 2021
Daily Step -Rest in this glimmer of hope today.
“Goddisguisedas a myriad things…” Maybe even as a butterfly? Once a few years ago when the boys were really small, we took them to an exhibit...
October 28, 2021
Daily Step – There is magic waiting.
I never thought of myself as someone who craved silence. But I think it’s true. I do actually need those moments when I walk in the...
October 27, 2021
Daily Step – An odd sort of mercy, but there ya go.
“Dear Morningyou comewith so many angels of mercyso wondrously disguised…” This has been a really rough morning already. First, Riley messed his bed in his crate…...
October 26, 2021
Daily Step – Lord, increase my understanding.
Yesterday afternoon, I got the privilege of going on a long walk with Riley and my oldest son. Unlike most of our weekday afternoon walks, this...
October 12, 2021
Daily Step – It’s okay to let joy and grief be housed together.
Joy and grief, housed together in one body. Have you ever felt both at the same time? Have you let the joy in when the grief...
October 8, 2021
Daily Step – Your voice matters.
“Would you like to make a comment?” Sometimes I wonder if I’ll run out of things to say. I’ll run out of new ideas. I’ll run...
October 6, 2021
Daily Step – Don’t dwell.
“So come to the pond,or the river of your imagination,or the harbor of your longing,and put your lips to the world. And liveyour life.” I tend...
October 4, 2021
Daily Step – Receive the grace offered to you today.
I don’t know what it is exactly, but I’ll take it. Like Mary Oliver, I’ll take grace too. Every. Single. Time. Perhaps it’s because unlike those...
October 1, 2021
Daily Step – Be yourself.
“If you’re John Muir you want trees to live among. If you’re Emily, a garden will do. Try to find the right place for yourself. If you can’t find...
September 30, 2021