Becky’s Blog
Water for Charlotte
If you’ve been following the news, I wonder if you’re sad and angry like I am about the killing of Keith Lamont Scott by police...
Childhood, Unboxed, with a Side of Skittles
After church on Sunday, I drove to Raleigh to see my parents. The three of us had such a nice time doing Skaggs-ish things,...
A Talking Stick Speaks Out. Kind of.
It was just a stick that had fallen out of a neighbor's tree and now it laid on their finely manicured lawn, but as I passed it...
Notes from a Traveling Team of Six Year Old Professors
Silly me, I thought I had a lot to show our newest first graders. I thought a short little field trip to my office before Sunday...
Hush Up, You Bells
She said it in a serious meeting, so I couldn’t clap my hands or laugh at the wonder and beauty of it out loud. We were talking...
Beware of Gifts After Midnight
Don't let this cute kitten face fool you. This is the same creature who hopped onto my bed at 3:42 am Saturday night and brought...
How to Do Hard Things: A Second Grader Reveals the Shocking Truth
You know that big thing you've been wanting to do? The thing that's a little out of your comfort zone? The one that would be...
Reason #37,219 Why Kids Are the Best
Y'all, I'm falling in love all over again. We have a new crop of first graders on the Children's Hall, and already they're...
When God Tastes Like Brownies…
© 2010 jeffreyw, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio She posted it on Facebook last week, and I couldn’t get the question out of my head....
Kids and Cats Tied Up with String, These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
I don't care what Queen Elsa says. I've had about enough of Let It Go. First we had to let go of summer. Neither Sam nor I was...
When It’s Time to Sort and Toss
This may look like a cute baby, but it's really a baby representing all babies of the world, giving a face palm for the babies...
For Meriwether, Reggie, Horst, and Leah
Some days - or periods of life- are sunny and hilarious and fun to write about, and others are dark and terrifying and so hard...
When Your Bad Self Wins
This is the peace I missed this morning. These are the shades of green I missed-the green grass and the ivy and the darker green...
What Would You Do? Give the Benefit of the Doubt or Protect Your Wallet? The Story of Our Bamboozlement
We were tourists in New York City, Todd and Sam and I, country come to town, happily making our way through Manhattan via the...













