I started blogging in 2009. Back then, I wrote about things like my mother’s decline through early onset Alzheimer’s and my fear of developing the disease. I didn’t worry too much about things like content or site layout or page views because my only readers were people close to me. Yet my blog quickly became…
A year ago, I wrote the first post on this site, welcoming all of you to a virtual table, a safe place to be seen and heard and known. You responded, and we grew. This week, as we celebrate a year of sharing stories, a year of encouragement and vulnerability and grace, with a series…
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth. (Proverbs 27:1 NKJV) On Sunday evening I sit down with my calendar and make a list of what I have to accomplish during the coming week. Some items are not flexible, like making doctor appointments and attending work meetings….
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. (John 10:27 ESV) If the Lord has ever given you a dream, you’ve probably dealt with naysayers as you’ve worked toward that dream. As many people as might cheer you on, just as many might criticize you either in envy or oblivious…
When I lay my head on my pillow at night, I rarely feel like I’ve finished everything on my to-do list. More often, I sing myself to sleep with the laundry list of the incomplete. Homework papers left unsigned, dishes left unwashed, and books left unread. Women have a jumble of demands pressing down on…
I didn’t rush out and buy a red convertible, so my mid-life crisis wasn’t obvious. The tipping point was sending my youngest off to full-day kindergarten two years ago. I drove home that morning without a preschooler in tow for the first time in twenty years. The empty car was filled with my racing thoughts….