My husband and I have something of a recurring conversation when we get the girls to sleep each night. As we respond to emails and text threads, go over schedules and appointments, and scroll through our phones, it feels like we keep coming back around to the same questions. “How can we slow down? Where…
This week has felt heavy. It’s partly that the air itself is hot, humid, and heavy outside. But there are so many things going on in the world at large adding weightiness to the week. The anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. News of an influential young pastor’s suicide. Heartache for a gifted artist I’ve followed…
For several years I have written a post or a letter of sorts to my girls on or around their birthdays. Now each time a birthday rolls around I wonder if this is a good use of space in a public blogosphere. It seems a bit too personal and sentimental. But then I think about…
Sometimes I wonder how or why my children have certain personality traits. All three of our girls are far more frilly and squeal-ly than I can recall ever being. I can’t trace their love for dance or their flair for the dramatic back to my side of the family tree. Likewise, my easygoing husband can’t…