Book Bags and Rain Puddles
This has been a typical, unpredictable autumn in the Midwest. The temperature going from that perfectly crisp fall day to hot and sunny. Then two days later, we’re bundling in jackets and rainboots....
View ArticleBeneath the Surface of Anger
Anger was there long before I recognized it. It took me by surprise when I finally noticed it. Perhaps if I had seen it sooner, it would have only been a small blemish. But because it had gone on for...
View ArticleThe Bigness of Small Moments
For me, it was fifteen minutes. To her, it was the whole day. She talked of snowbugs, made-up insects with a long stinger, three legs, five eyes, and two wings. She drew a picture of one. “Her name is...
View ArticleThe Most Important Interruptions
I love resolutions. Goals. Planning. I want to see what is ahead and go forward in a prepared manner. I love the fresh start, the clean piece of paper. I have so many resolutions swarming in my mind....
View ArticleThe Gifts We Bring
For Christmas I gave my daughter a dollhouse. My dollhouse. My grandfather – Pa, as we call him – built the two-story house in his workshop nearly thirty years ago. He painted it green to match my...
View ArticleThe Lovely Truth of You
I have this temptation to compare myself to other moms. I know I’m not alone in this. My weakness in comparing usually doesn’t lie in desiring the material items or physical attributes of others. My...
View ArticleWhere We Rest
There is this continued longing for rest. A moment by moment desire some days as I wrestle the toddler into a clean diaper or try to be diligent and intentional with the words and tone I speak to my...
View ArticleJoy at Home: A Birth Story
The pool took up a third of our living room. Six feet in diameter with sides that were thigh-high. Wedged between the couch and our entryway wall, it was the constant reminder each day that we were...
View ArticleSeptember: Of Bugs, Books, and Schooling
It is September. On the brink of autumn and crisp days spent outdoors. My favorite season. With the changing season comes a lot of beginnings. Beginning activities and Bible study group. Beginning new...
View ArticleInvestigation and Adventures
“Let’s go on an adventure walk!” Plum yells enthusiastically. We’ve dubbed our time in nature as explorations; finding leaves and rocks are akin to finding treasures. Stopping a hundred times while...
View ArticleBook Bags and Rain Puddles
This has been a typical, unpredictable autumn in the Midwest. The temperature going from that perfectly crisp fall day to hot and sunny. Then two days later, we’re bundling in jackets and rainboots....
View ArticleBeneath the Surface of Anger
Anger was there long before I recognized it. It took me by surprise when I finally noticed it. Perhaps if I had seen it sooner, it would have only been a small blemish. But because it had gone on for...
View ArticleThe Bigness of Small Moments
For me, it was fifteen minutes. To her, it was the whole day. She talked of snowbugs, made-up insects with a long stinger, three legs, five eyes, and two wings. She drew a picture of one. “Her name is...
View ArticleThe Most Important Interruptions
I love resolutions. Goals. Planning. I want to see what is ahead and go forward in a prepared manner. I love the fresh start, the clean piece of paper. I have so many resolutions swarming in my mind....
View ArticleThe Gifts We Bring
For Christmas I gave my daughter a dollhouse. My dollhouse. My grandfather – Pa, as we call him – built the two-story house in his workshop nearly thirty years ago. He painted it green to match my...
View ArticleThe Lovely Truth of You
I have this temptation to compare myself to other moms. I know I’m not alone in this. My weakness in comparing usually doesn’t lie in desiring the material items or physical attributes of others. My...
View ArticleWhere We Rest
There is this continued longing for rest. A moment by moment desire some days as I wrestle the toddler into a clean diaper or try to be diligent and intentional with the words and tone I speak to my...
View ArticleJoy at Home: A Birth Story
The pool took up a third of our living room. Six feet in diameter with sides that were thigh-high. Wedged between the couch and our entryway wall, it was the constant reminder each day that we were...
View ArticleSeptember: Of Bugs, Books, and Schooling
It is September. On the brink of autumn and crisp days spent outdoors. My favorite season. With the changing season comes a lot of beginnings. Beginning activities and Bible study group. Beginning new...
View ArticleInvestigation and Adventures
“Let’s go on an adventure walk!” Plum yells enthusiastically. We’ve dubbed our time in nature as explorations; finding leaves and rocks are akin to finding treasures. Stopping a hundred times while...
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