My gardens have runneth over. The forty-eight tomatoes I planted back in May didn’t seem like enough to feed my family their favorite tomato-based foods for the next year. But in August? I’m harvesting five-gallon buckets full of the luscious red orbs, cooking them down with seasonings, and canning them for future feasts. Transplanting those…
Back in March, at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, John Krasinski launched a YouTube show he called Some Good News, which quickly became a favorite of many people. The hashtag #somegoodnews immediately started trending, and everyone was sharing their good news with the world. His videos include clips that bring tears of joy: an…
I was recently pulled over by a police officer. To add insult to injury, I had a car full of middle school students I was driving home from youth group. A couple of my kids and a couple more for good measure. It has been over a decade since I was last pulled over, and…
Have you ever been to a foreign country and were truly unable to communicate? I remember trying to figure out the Paris Metro when I was there for a brief visit during college. While many people in Paris speak English, I couldn’t find an English speaker at the stop where I was. I was feeling…
I love when I’m asked how my husband Ben and I met because most people are a little surprised by our unconventional meeting at Starbucks one night in 2008. I made a last-minute decision to go out with friends for coffee (and avoid working on my graduate thesis), and he had an atypical evening off…
The concept of story is a critical piece of how we relate to each other as human beings. We are drawn to interesting stories, whether true or fictional. We also have personal stories that shape how we see the world. Have you ever considered that the reason we connect so deeply with stories is because…