Courage to Open the DoorMotherhood can feel isolating and lonely. There are times when I'm so desperate for someone to say, "Me, too!" We need our people, our...
When You Have Too Many PlatesWhen I got married, I registered for the same dishes my cousin had registered for the year before. I didn't know it at the time and...
When You're Afraid You're Too MuchI stood in church, mouthing the words to a song, tears sliding down my cheeks. Well-versed in the covert methods of crying, I casually...
Choosing Each OtherIn Hebrews 12:1-2, we're told to run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our...
BoundariesIce crystals hung precariously from the "closed" sign as I nudged up against it. Light snow toppled over my boots as my skis clanked...
A Christmas Story for EveryoneShe climbed into my lap with her footy jammies on and her hair still damp from the bath. The exhaustion of the day was pressed into my...