Besides toilet paper, do you know what flew off the shelves in 2020? Joggers or any sort of elastic-waisted sweatpants. Why is this? Partly because many of us had an option to ditch the suits and work from home. But it may also be that we collectively turned to comfort clothes because when we’re anxious,…
Around 4:00 AM on a recent weekday morning, I heard a loud thud on our front door that jolted me awake. Within a few seconds I realized it wasn’t an intruder, but some sort of weather system was rolling in and the large wooden letter “S” that hangs on our front door was banging around…
Our girls are ages 14, 12, and 9. So, if you’ve spent much time with girls of those ages you can imagine that at any given time there is a lot of emotional energy flowing through our home. On two evenings this week, just as my husband stepped into the house, I’ve said: “That’s it….
Every year I do the same thing. I come crashing into Holy Week. And coming off a particularly strange and difficult year, I find myself in even more of a tailspin than usual. I’m grasping for control in areas I have absolutely no control over. I’m wound up and worn out from trying to hold…