My heart is alive because of Jesus. I adore my hilariously thoughtful husband and my 4 rascally boys. I delight in poetry, laughter and London Fogs.
They say that grief comes in waves. I have written that before here, the day we found no heartbeat. And weeks have passed and the waves have lessened in altitude and frequency. There has in fact been a sweet calm for some time now. Until tonight. Marsh and I were just finishing a movie and … More Waves
This morning, I got to give the club talk at the local high school where I lead Young Life. There, I visited with the most lovely of senior girls who are in a small group with me on Sunday evenings; the entire group of them are young women who certainly “do it all!” They are driven … More Sacrifice and Stillness
Do you ever have those hours, or days, or seasons when you just feel anxious? You can’t put your finger on it, but there is a buzz. Your senses are heightened though you feel in a fog; life has overtaken you a bit and your to do list is a mile long but the things … More Anxious
Words can cut, yes? There is this word that is cavalierly wielded in Christian circles that I believe has left many a scar. The word is “calling.” We ask with urgency and desperation, “What is our calling?” We say no, we wait, we tentatively walk forward in some areas, yet we feel shackled, listening with bated … More Sticks and Stones…. {The issue of “calling.”}
Isn’t that how the saying goes!? Pretty sure I have gotten that one incorrect most of my life… Despite my best intentions, I seem to regularly get excited about something and commit to it a little prematurely… as in, I don’t consider my calendar before I schedule things, my brain before I speak, etc. I have … More Over-promise. Under-deliver.
2015 has ARRIVED! Yesterday, a most gracious gift from a beloved Aunt sent me to Gene Juarez for a spa day. I felt pampered and in every way relaxed and cared for… I have never before {and probably will not for some time!} experienced luxury like that and so I savored every sugar scrub, paraffin dip, … More The Year of ______.
My presents are wrapped. It is officially Christmas eve. All of my boys big and small are snoozing soundly and this girl is up far too late. It is crazy to think I was going into surgery a week ago today. I cried that night for no particular reason but that waiting is exhausting and … More The Waiting is Over.
Marshall and I have a most amazingly talented, diverse, creative, life-loving, life-giving group of friends that we have the privilege of gathering with once a year for soul-purpose. Yes, purposeful time to splay open ourselves, our marriages, our hopes realized and hopes crushed over the year past, and lay out our dreams for the coming season. And … More Golden Sessions
The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of heart ache and heart full and heart healing and heart dancing and heart thankful… but a new one has entered the lineup: heart betrayed. I wrote deep into the night on a Monday almost two weeks ago, and released my throbbing heart to a sleeping world, unable to … More Betrayed
I have read that Eskimos have numerous different words in their native tongue to represent snow in all of its forms. I find that brilliant. I confess I am a word nerd. I have often joked that I should be a neologist {maker of words} because reading the dictionary might be one of my favorite … More Not enough words.
THE TETHERING PLACE 