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Love Letters to My Little One: Birthday Blessings
I've struggled for what feels like weeks to find the words to describe all I've been feeling as we reach your first birthday. There's...
Aug 154 min read


Love Letters to My Little One
I feel like I've started a million letters to you in my head and I haven't written down a single thing. Not that I'm blaming myself....
Apr 132 min read


What's In a Name?
"What a beautiful name! I've never heard that before- is there a story behind it?" In the three weeks since my daughter's arrival, we've...
Sep 5, 20244 min read


Butterflies
"Does that give you butterflies in your stomach to think this might happen?" I was FaceTiming with my dad today, sharing some good news...
Mar 16, 20241 min read


This is Me Trying
Oof. It HURTS to read that last blog post. Or rather, it would hurt if I allowed myself to read it. That last entry held the news that I...
Aug 28, 20233 min read


The Good Kind of Silence
"October 3, 2006 Eccl 3:4 …a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, Dear Friends, I’ve missed you and...
May 27, 20232 min read


Too Many Birds
I find it pretty ironic that the last entry I made was about being thankful that things didn't go according to plan. Because here we are...
Dec 23, 20222 min read


When Life Looks Different
Let's just get this out in the open: I'm a planner. There's not a spontaneous bone in my body. When driving to places I've never been,...
Aug 6, 20222 min read


Celebrating in the Sadness
I'm not sure I have anything eloquent to say here just yet. What can I say, I'm a work in progress. This week has been a lot. I traveled...
May 27, 20222 min read


Magic Out Of Madness
Tomorrow is Mother's Day. It was supposed to be my last Mother's Day without a child. I should be three weeks away from welcoming my own...
May 7, 20222 min read


Ready for Rejection
Does that sound dramatic? For once I don't mean it to be. Rejection, unfortunately, is just a fact of life. Rejections from the star...
Apr 7, 20224 min read


Bury Me In Snow & Joy
One thing I can say about 2021, is it's a year I'll never forget. I achieved some of my grandest dreams and goals, but have also been...
Dec 31, 20213 min read


This is a Stick Up!
Robbing me of my joy. That's been a saying I've heard all my life. From family, from friends, from the pulpit, over speakerphone with...
Jun 8, 20212 min read


Goodness Is Overwhelming
About two minutes after I published my last blog post, we got good news about the apartment. I actually looked up at the sky and winked...
Apr 17, 20211 min read


Is Patience a Virtue?
If so, I'm screwed. I'm so glad having the virtue of patience is not a requirement to get into heaven. Or any of the fruits of the Spirit...
Apr 16, 20211 min read


Car Rides and High Tides
Isn't it strange how your "happy place" changes? I'm typing this from what I would have called my favorite place on earth for most of my...
Apr 8, 20212 min read


What Am I Doing?
I've been staring at this screen for about three days. You ever have that slight panic that you should be doing something else that's...
Mar 21, 20213 min read
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