I love to travel, but I always struggle with re-entry on the other side of the trip. Since we moved in June, this is even more of an issue now because coming “home” feels strange. Where even is home exactly? Over the holiday weekend we went to the beach for the first time in quite…
I am more nostalgic than ever lately. Maybe it’s because good memories are a balm in seasons of hard change. Or maybe it’s because the world news is painful to watch, and the past feels safer. Whatever the reason, I love the sights, and sounds, and scents of anything old and familiar right now. A…
I have never done well with change, so on the heels of a major transition summer 2021 may not go down as our family’s best season. We’ve been short on laughter and lazy days and high on intensity and anxiety this June and July. But I’m looking for glimmers of goodness in this season even…
It has been just over four weeks since we moved, and we’re still stepping over and around big brown boxes. With some of our possessions in the garage, some in a storage unit, and many things still packed up, we all feel a bit disoriented. My middle child has misplaced her tennis shoes. I can’t…