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19 Dec – Journal entry I just don’t know how to navigate all of this.  I’ve done so much more ‘Christmas’ this year than in the past/since.  We’ve opened all the boxes, after all.  We decorated a big tree and hung all the ornaments.  We put the nativity out and cleared the flat places and… Continue reading The Bird

  Just a few days ago, I bundled up to walk the pup and seemed to step off the porch into 2013.  It was the stillness that struck me so similar I think.  That and the frosty landscape, not often seen looking like it did that day.  Hoarfrost, they call it, and the first time… Continue reading I love you Jake

I have a friend whose superpower is teaching, and it’s been fun to spend time in her classroom over the last couple of years.  With all there is to teach, standards to meet, and testing to prepare for, she and another 5th grade teacher make it a point each week to also teach their kids some… Continue reading A Hope Filled High

Birthdays were always kind of a big deal at our house. When the boys were growing up, more often than not we were in a new place, and so they were great opportunities to invite new neighbors and classmates, meet parents and make new friends. And besides, birthdays were just fun! I loved the boys’… Continue reading “If you can dream it, you can do it.”

It’s Father’s Day, and it's a day I haven’t reflected on for a really long time. Really reflected, I mean. Deeper than the childhood memories that surface of those fun and silly gifts we'd give, year after year.  Things dad must just love, right?  Like soap on a rope!  Or how about those ‘magic’ mugs… Continue reading Father’s Day Reflections

Dear friends, Today I have the privilege of sharing a story about my dear friend Lucille.  You can read part of it below, and the rest on (in)courage, a daily devotional that's been a huge source of strength to me over the last few years. Though Lucille no longer physically holds my hand in hers,… Continue reading His Truest Truths

My husband wants a Christmas tree. More than that, he wants the sparkling lights and shiny decorations, the Season’s songs and silver bells. He wants to open doors upon festive faces, find baking ready for sampling, and seal up envelopes with love and good wishes. He wants all of this, the planning and anticipation as… Continue reading what I find in the wanting

My heart is so heavy today. The ache so deep and personal, yet the need to share it and hope that would somehow disperse it so inextricably linked. I’m hollowed out, and yet overflowing with grief. It makes no sense. These are the days when the heaving sobs come and they puddle me up on… Continue reading dark enough

Yesterday was tough. I spent time with two dear friends, back to back, both struggling in very different ways. My heart hurts so much for them. Their pain encircles my own, and I ache for where they are, where they’ve been, and what remains to go through. Their journeys are long and hard, brand-new and… Continue reading Stepping into the Starting