Well, I have broken the cardinal rule of writing which is: “Never stop writing.” We have been so unsettled this past year that I haven’t created enough margin to write meaningful or even sensible words. No blogging, article writing, or journaling. Isn’t it ironic that the first disciplines we tend to abandon when we’re feeling…
This is a story about a lizard. Yesterday afternoon I dropped my 7th Grader off at her piano lesson at the local music academy. Less than five minutes later, as I was pulling out onto the busy parkway, my phone rang and I answered to hear her saying in an urgent, hushed tone: Her: Momma….
Many times when I sit down to write I do so from a devotional angle. But I come here today in a confessional mode. I don’t aim to instruct or inspire; I’m just here to admit I am carrying some anger, and I want to vent it and redirect it with a story I can…
I haven’t written much these past several months. And while I miss writing and connecting with those of you kind enough to read my musings, I think it has been a good and necessary break from the noise of my own thoughts and expectations. We’re still navigating change and trying to find our footing, and…