I looked in the mirror, brow furrowed, taking in my brand-new, freshly unpregnant form. I had just spent nine months carrying an absolutely enormous baby boy, and it showed. Purple stretch marks crisscrossed my abdomen like lightning bolts. My soft, saggy stomach had a new squishy, spongy quality. My breasts tingled and swelled, preparing for…
In the past year I have tossed out, bought, and again tossed out more throw pillows than I ever imagined humanly possible. I had my rescue pup to thank for this uptick in pillow purchases and disposal. Hobbes was a sweet dog, but he suffered some trauma before coming to live with us, and he…
One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord. (Psalm 27:4 NIV) Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. (John…
This time of year, so many of us are thinking about new beginnings. I used to think of beginnings as just the means to an end. But since a beginning itself can teach us so much, I want to invite you on a journey across space and time, to the moments just before creation. “In…
During a Christmas break in college, I worked in a collectibles shop. I didn’t last long. See, I’m what some might consider clumsy. Think Lucy Ricardo knocking over porcelain figurines, but without the laugh track. Put Steve Urkel in charge of hand-blown glass ornaments repeating the “Did I do that?” punchline when they fall to…
“How on earth do you have time for that?” When I first began writing, this was by far the question I received most often. The inquiry was legitimate. My husband was in nursing school. My oldest was in the process of an autism diagnosis. My youngest was potty training. I was working part-time and found…