Next to my bed lay a stack of books, my phone (I haven’t yet adopted the good habit of “putting it to bed” outside of our room like my husband), water bottle, candle, and some clutter. This morning, I awake with a dull resistance to going to my phone — even for the Lent devotional …
Death and Resurrection
A little over a year ago, at the start of Lent, I was in Thailand. Surrounded by the beauty and glory of Creation, my soul usually feels most alive, and yet, all I could see -- all I could feel -- was death. Months earlier, my dear friend lost her child very late term. Weeks …
I Want to Run
Yesterday was beautiful. The sky was blue-ish, the sun was shining and it was the warmest day we've had in a long time. Come to think of it, for the wild and free heart, it was a let-your-hair-down-and-just-run kind of day. And my sweet girl stays pretty tuned into her wild and free heart. All wild, …
Local Preschool: Initial Freakout
Jubilee had her first day of local preschool today. Perhaps I will write later about that (it went well!), but this one is dedicated to the panic I first felt a couple weeks ago when the imminence of this day hit me like a swift punch to the gut (or heart, more like). Suffice it …
hope for the sojourn 