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 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…
In some ways I feel like I’ve been in a low-grade bad mood since last March, and winter isn’t helping. Maybe I’m not the only one? Of course I relish moments of joy and lightheartedness here and there every week. But even my children have noticed that I don’t smile or laugh as easily lately….