About a month ago, we had an unexpected internet outage. 

The line wasn't buried completely, and it got clipped by the lawnmower.

Then we had a temporary line that ended up getting chewed through by a bushy-tailed friend (true story). 

Then they came and buried the line but didn't activate the connecti...

I've been thinking a lot about "yielding" this week, because I flipped open to a scripture that talked about the joy that comes with yielding our hearts to God.

In driving, we yield in certain situations to allow another vehicle the right of way. We slow down or even stop while they have their turn. ...

I watched an Instagram reel tonight of a woman expressing some very strong opinions about text messaging. She questioned why she feels guilty and apologizes for not texting back right away, when she never gave consent to be available at all hours of the day.

Her question made me think... "Huh. What e...

Sunday, July 13, marked 15 years since I first started my business. I had been working in a position that I had outgrown, and I was so afraid to be a "quitter." 

My dad played a big role in helping me finally take the leap. He had heard me talk about this big decision, and he knew what I really wante...

A wise coach (who happens to be my uncle) shared a lesson with me yesterday that his dad taught him back in his teen years: "We don't have to practice misery." The example he gave was, "When you hit your thumb with a hammer, you feel miserable. You don't have to keep hitting your thumb."

In other wor...

Sometimes "something bigger" looks like going all in on your dreams; 

Sometimes it looks like scaling back to make room for the essentials. 

Sometimes it looks like having a tough conversation;

Sometimes it looks like pausing to enjoy a sunset.

"Something bigger" looks different for each of us, at each ...

We had a few very hot days this week at the Ironroad house. The downstairs A/C unit stopped working, and the outside temperatures were in the upper 90's. Not a happy time.

I knew we needed to call the repair company, but I dreaded the news we'd receive after the diagnostic. In my mind, we were lookin...

I was writing yesterday morning when I heard our little girl squeal with delight from the other room. 

"Ah! I DID it!!"

She ran into the room, waving a folded piece of paper. She had successfully folded it in half, with the corners matching exactly. 

A couple weeks ago, she wanted to make a card for a ...

Anger is heavy and expensive. It costs us energy, joy, and connection. In other words, it costs us freedom.

When someone offends or hurts us, it's normal to feel it, as a core human emotion. Ignoring or burying it is unnecessary, and can turn toxic later on, so it's important to process it in a healt...

I've written about baby steps before... how they're meant to be small and wobbly, and that's a beautiful thing. But today I have some different kind of steps on my mind, which are just beyond the baby ones. For this post, I'm thinking about toddler steps.

This topic was inspired by an adorable little...

I watched something really touching yesterday at a neighborhood pool party. 

Our friends have a pool with a diving board, and the kids (+ a couple of dads) were all taking turns jumping into the water. One dad walked a little girl up to the diving board line, strapped tightly in a pink life jacket wi...

It was early in the morning on December 28, 2016. This was the anniversary of my mother’s passing, which was a tough day every year, but this one felt especially painful as it marked 25 years — a quarter of a century — since we lost her to Leukemia. I was only 7 years old when she died, and now I ...