Yesterday concluded our mother/daughter NYC trip, and goodness did we have a great time. Our feet were like limp noodles; our bellies full of bagels, pizza, and cheesecake; our brains were on overdrive from all of the lights, sounds, and smells of the city... and we couldn't be happier.
As we waited...
Chris cut a tree down in our yard yesterday. It was quite a big project!
He fortunately had a chain saw to help him, but I kept thinking about how much harder it would have been (not to mention the huge amount of time added) to try and do it on his own, with a hand saw or an axe. It would definitely...
Fog looks thick and mysterious when you first approach it. As you move forward a step at a time, your visibility is limited, but you can usually see at least a little way in front of you. And it turns out that's enough. A verse of a favorite hymn comes to mind when I think about this idea:
Lead, ...
I spent some time at the ER this morning, getting tested and scanned because of a breathing issue I'm having (happy news is they ruled out all of the scary stuff and determined that it's just inflammation. <wipes brow with relief>).
Knowing how these visits can go, I brought a book along with me tha...
I'm working on a project right now that's requiring a lot of faith. It's the heaviest lift (motherhood aside) I've done so far, which is also bringing some stunning miracles to witness. Because of the heavy lifting, sometimes my brain and my spirit get tired and I hear thoughts like, "Who do you thi...
"Can't" is a no-no word at our house. Not at the soap-in-your-mouth level, but it definitely gets called out. Why? Because I want our kids to grow up telling the truth.
Can't is--in most cases--simply not accurate on its own, and can really keep us stuck.
It might feel like you can't in this moment, ...
I had a funny moment last Sunday that our teen girls are having a FANTASTIC time teasing me about.
Normally, I wouldn't voluntarily broadcast an embarrassing story for public enjoyment, but I actually took a couple of powerful lessons from it later on. So here we go.
Our daughters and I were on our wa...
Today is Good Friday, where people all over the world remember the trial and crucifixion of Jesus. In the face of unthinkable cruelty, as He hung on the cross, he pled with the Father on behalf of the people who did this: "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do."
How He was able to res...
When reality falls short of the ideal,
When our best-laid plans fall through,
When sunny forecasts turn stormy;
When deep sleep is interrupted...
We can look at these as setbacks and be discouraged, or we can open ourselves to the idea that maybe there is even more available than we thought. Ma...
What if there was someone who told you they don't like dogs because they're small with super high-pitched barks?
Or what if someone else said they can't stand dogs because they're huge and slobbery?
They're speaking from real experience, but they're missing out on some great possibilities by using s...
A fetus develops for about 37-40 weeks before anyone sees what she actually looks like (minus some rough scans, depending on where the mother lives and what her healthcare coverage is like).
The mother knows her baby is there, without any doubt. The more time goes on, the more she feels that reality...
Peace and light are available always, as a natural result of alignment with God. No matter the circumstances, this is an available state. This is freedom. Trust, calm, creativity, flow...it's all as normal as oxygen when you're aligned this way. We need this.
It's easy to look at life like a big lon...
