Hello, Friends! It's been a while. I took an unexpected break from blogging over the holidays, and decided to extend it through my grad school residency in England. I have so much to unpack mentally, so much gathered over the last year and the last few weeks, I don't know where to begin. Writing ... Read More about Telling The Truth in 2016
When You Want Less Cynicism and More Child-like Wonder and Delight
He sits next to me in the car on another mild-December day. We've abandoned coats for light jackets, but I wear a scarf in protest. It's December in New Jersey after all. Christmas music, the traditional station my kids think sounds too much like big-band jazz, plays in the background. The music is ... Read More about When You Want Less Cynicism and More Child-like Wonder and Delight
How to Celebrate Advent with Little Time, Effort, or Know-how
In our family, life revolves on it's own little axis around Time. Just as the sun sets the seasons for the earth, Time sets the season of life for us as a family. The years do their work and we adjust our expectations and our decisions accordingly. We may find ourselves in a season of rest or growth ... Read More about How to Celebrate Advent with Little Time, Effort, or Know-how
Finding Our True North: Asking the Right Questions to Keep Us Headed in the Right Direction
One of the wonderful by-products of a MFA program in creative writing is the stack of books I'm required to purchase and read regularly. My husband casts a dubious glance every time another package shows up in the mailbox, and I chirp happily, "It's for school, hon! Required reading!" It's the best. ... Read More about Finding Our True North: Asking the Right Questions to Keep Us Headed in the Right Direction
On Feasting and Thanksgiving
As we celebrate a season traditionally marked by harvest and abundance, and we gather around the table to feast, may I encourage you to look past the turkey and the stuffing? Past the pumpkin pie and the whipped cream and the way your waistband doesn't expand as easily as your belly? Look past ... Read More about On Feasting and Thanksgiving
How to carry the weight of the world
The world weighs heavy on you. You turn from page to page, you scroll past outrage, you watch images that flicker like a film strip behind your eyes when you close them at night. You want to turn away, hide your face from the latest stories because they make a fool of your tears. Tears solve ... Read More about How to carry the weight of the world
