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. … [Read more...]
A friend like Charlotte
It has been seventeen months since all three of my kids have simultaneously gone to school in a real building. Now as they get geared up to head back to classrooms in a new city and we all establish some new routines in the next few weeks, I feel a familiar tightness settling into my back and … [Read more...]
Fighting for joy
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 still. … [Read more...]
Finding Home
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 find … [Read more...]
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