What I’ve Learned About the Seasons of Motherhood I was driving west on Paseo del Norte, across the Rio Grande River when it happened. It was fall, and the Cottonwoods had just begun to turn. The crisp yellow foliage against the... Read More
Happy Birthday to Me & 45 Lessons Learned Today marks another beginning of another year for me. Now smack dab in my mid-forties, I'm seeing (and feeling) more the affects of time. But I'm also seeing some fruit of... Read More
Holy Leisure is for Everyday People This afternoon, I took a carload of very talkative teenage girls to volleyball practice. I was amazed at how little effort it took them to talk about anything and... Read More
Prepare Your Heart and Make Him Room I rushed into Target to grab some last minute things. I was in that danger zone of time where if I didn’t take any extra turns in the store, got through the checkout line... Read More
A Call to Set Our Gaze Higher this Thanksgiving It’s hard to believe it’s already Thanksgiving. In some ways this year has flown by, and in many other ways, it’s crept along at a snail’s pace. But here we are,... Read More
Fighting for Joy in a Click-Bait World Recently, I had a text convo with a friend that went something like this… Friend: How are you today? Me: I’m ok. Honestly, I’m trying not to freak out about our... Read More
How Finding Beauty in the Everyday Helps Us Enjoy God As new residents of Arizona, we recently made a trip to the Grand Canyon. It had been over ten years since we had last visited, and our youngest girls had never seen... Read More