Last night I sat at the dinner table worn, exhausted, contemplating my effectiveness as a mom. An hour earlier I had been kneeling in the rain on the edge of a busy sidewalk as dozens of people walked by. I was clinging to my four year old and using every tool in both my mom… Continue reading It’s Not for the Weak
A marriage is not about a wedding day but a lifetime of shared days and hours, minutes and experiences. It is about friendship, companionship, compromise and selflessness. It is a long term togetherness in all things. Choosing someone to marry is choosing the person you want to spend the rest of your life compromising… Continue reading Thoughts on Marriage
It’s a new year. New years are for resolutions, big plans, goals, overarching themes, and what not. I am having a hard time coming up with resolutions for this year. I keep going over this post from last year in my head. Suddenly I feel the need for a grand resolution for this year – something… Continue reading Resolve, Not a Resolution
Lately it feels like my life is a perpetual round of The Hokey Pokey. You put your right foot in You put your right foot out You put your right foot in and you shake it all about You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around That’s what it’s all about But it’s… Continue reading The Hokey Pokey
It’s official. There’s no turning back. They hired a new principal. As of August 2017 David will not have a job. I turned in my letter of intent saying that I will not return for the next school year. In summer of 2017 we are headed somewhere. Now comes the scary part. The waiting and… Continue reading It’s Official
I wrote this post 3 years ago on Josiah’s first birthday and today, on his fourth birthday, it still stands so true. Today we celebrate a 4 year old who can light a room with his smile, jumps into each new adventure and relationship without abandon, knows exactly what he wants and when he wants… Continue reading I Still… Should Have Known
I went to a small, conservative Christian college. A place where marriage by graduation was not just “encouraged” among students it was flat out encouraged. During one of my first freshman orientation events the then dean of students used a phrase that has become famous on that campus, “look to your left, look… Continue reading I Found My Spot
