Finding Joy in the Journey
Angst. Frustration. Unknowns. Living through the "newness" of 2020 straight on through today, from the global pandemic, to political strife at home, to wars overseas, it's been a lot. Those feelings mentioned at the top have become easy to fall back on, right? Even as it feels like certain situations are starting to resolve, or... Continue Reading →
I'm not a "Vague-Booker," but some things that take up a lot of our attention aren't meant for open sharing while you're going through them. If you're in that place: I feel you. You're not alone. Since the start of this year, lots of things in our family have felt uncertain - more shaky than... Continue Reading →
As we begin to enter into Holy Week, I wonder if we don’t often gloss over the importance of the very start of it. Like so many other parts of life: we jump to the end. We’re good at reflecting on the feeling of Maundy Thursday, we sit in the solemnity and darkness of Friday,... Continue Reading →
Y'all. I am actively writing a book about finding contentment in God and God alone. It's saturating my life and consuming most of my working time (no, it's not a project I've shared yet - I'm not to that point yet). But, for the purpose of this post, it's important that I give a glimpse... Continue Reading →
What's your calendar look like for the next month? If it's anything like our family's its a jumble - especially this time of year - of sports practices, competitions, art classes for the lone girl-child of the family who longs for creative outlets, travel for work - both mine and my husband's - and more.... Continue Reading →
We talk a lot on here about knowing others and allowing ourselves to be known. It's something that's demonstrated time and time again in Biblical relationships, it's an integral part of relationship with our father in Heaven, and it matters so much in every day life. To do this walk the best way possible, we... Continue Reading →
I'm not a winter person. Cold? I could do without it (at least I tell myself that almost every day in the winter!). It feels especially true right now here in our home: 5 of the 7 of us currently have COVID. It's not the week we were shooting for, but, here we are. And... Continue Reading →
I'm not sure what the weather is like where you are, but here in Pennsylvania we're in that period of time where it might (unexpectedly) hit 60 degrees one day, then be snowing with a solid coating of ice the next (current situation). Because those of us living here are humans who tend to want... Continue Reading →
Listen: I'm the type of person who doesn't like to make - or encounter waves. In fact, as I've gotten older it has probably gotten worse. I know it has. When I was a teenager, I was convinced: I was going to live overseas. I found every extreme sport I could and gave each a... Continue Reading →
It's that time of year again: the time where we take an inventory of the last year and think ahead to the next. In the past, for me, this not only included the immediate next year. It meant that PLUS the rest of my life. In fact, my whole life was a series of "what's... Continue Reading →
Take Two 