We were inseparable from the beginning. We slept at each other's houses and traded our deepest, darkest, thirteen-year-old secrets. We baked cookies and hid from her brothers and whispered late into the night when the house fell asleep. From the attic we watched movies I wasn't allowed to watch at ... Read More about Losing a Friend and Finding Her Again
Friendship: What I Learned by Racing Side by Side
My husband wrangled me, our teenage daughter, and our three best friends to participate in some sort of mud-filled obstacle course this upcoming weekend. You know how I love to spend the Saturday after the first full week of summer? Running a 5K through barbed wire and fire pits. Only not. It's a ... Read More about Friendship: What I Learned by Racing Side by Side
I wish: A Reflection on Stay at Home Motherhood
It is 7am on the first morning of our summer break, and already I hear feet crossing the upstairs floorboards. I am "blessed" with children who like to both stay up late and rise early. I find sanity-saving quiet between the hours of 11pm and 6am. Unfortunately, this doesn't jive with my natural ... Read More about I wish: A Reflection on Stay at Home Motherhood
Transitions and How We Make Them: Three Things to Remember
I sat cross-legged on my mat in the exercise room surrounded by glass, feeling as conspicuous as a single fish in an otherwise empty fishbowl. Other cross-legged classmates filled the room, but I couldn't get over the feeling that other gym-goers eyes followed me as I sat deep-breathing into my ... Read More about Transitions and How We Make Them: Three Things to Remember
Hiding God’s Word in Our Hearts: Scripture Memory Cards
As a kid, I attended a Christian school and participated in weekly Bible classes. We memorized scripture in exchange for good grades. On weekends, I followed the line of children filing out of the church sanctuary to the classrooms in the hall. I listened to stories illustrated by flannel graph, and ... Read More about Hiding God’s Word in Our Hearts: Scripture Memory Cards
Sunshine and Somersaults
Nine girls giggling, squealing, splashing. Nine girls laughing hard and diving long into the deep end. Nine girls bearing brightly wrapped gifts and faces smeared with ice cream smiles. They ate all the red and pink Starbursts, and took turns wearing the blue mermaid tail that shimmers when it flips ... Read More about Sunshine and Somersaults
