The best conversations with kids usually happen in the car. Earlier this week when only my youngest was riding with me she asked… 8-year-old: Do you know about that time when Jesus was in the forest for forty days and forty nights?Me: You mean when he went to the wilderness?8-year-old: Yeah. The wilderness. Well, anyway,…
As we flip our calendars to September and start looking toward the fall, it feels like we’re all still trying to balance the heaviness of this year with some sense of hope. How can one year hold so many losses? I keep trying to push back against the weight of the disappointments with little pockets…
My 3rd grader started school in person last week. It feels strange to be back in the school drop off line, strange to see her and everyone else in their little masks, and even more strange to have the oldest two still at home with me waiting to start virtual school. They aren’t convinced this…
This feels like one of the hardest weeks we’ve had since the pandemic began and I’m not even quite sure why. Maybe it’s because some of our dearest friends packed up their belongings and began a cross-country move to Colorado yesterday. Of course we have technology and can plan to visit them when travel is…