Aug 19, 2016 | Personal Blog
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 quite ready for that one. Sigh. Did I tell you this is his senior year? SENIOR YEAR! With my older kids, I was Miss...
Aug 12, 2016 | Personal Blog
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 and children of the 1970’s and 1980’s for what I found yesterday and can’t get out of my head. Oh y’all....
Aug 10, 2016 | Personal Blog
Some days – or periods of life- are sunny and hilarious and fun to write about, and others are dark and terrifying and so hard and sad that words aren’t enough. In the last few days I’ve been reminded several times that we just don’t have any...
May 5, 2016 | Personal Blog
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 of the trees. This is the stream I missed with all its gurgling and birds that swoop down for a drink. There are squirrels too, dozens of...
Apr 30, 2016 | Personal Blog
We were tourists in New York City, Todd and Sam and I, country come to town, happily making our way through Manhattan via the High Line when we got hornswoggled. And now that I have typed the word hornswoggled, how can I possibly continue without stopping for a moment...
Apr 25, 2016 | Personal Blog
My first grade friend, Caroline, stunned me with her artwork last week. There’s a lot to love here and a lot to learn, even (or especially) for adults. It is God! and me, she titles it, God and Caroline, made in each other’s image. Both with triangle dresses and great...