22 Mar The Spirit of Fear
I hung suspended over the snowy canyon, the familiar butterflies creating a whirlwind inside me. “God has not given me a spirit of fear,” I whispered to myself. I’ve done it thousands...
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07 Mar The Ten Best Posts from Joy in the Journey
The past month has been chock-full of editing for me. I’ve also been mulling over some future blog posts, but while they’re still in the works, I decided to hash...
28 Feb Be Kind to Yourself (A Non-Post)
I started two different posts for today, but it's just one of those weeks. I've accomplished a lot of other important work. For some reason, the blog posts are not...
08 Feb A Foreign Land
Almost my entire life, I’ve been a country girl from the northeastern United States. My first seven years, I lived in a Connecticut suburb of New York City, but after...
25 Jan The Promised Poem
Panacea It touches shadowed corners. Beckons with rolling thunder. Heart swells, Catching in my throat and breaking Into a salty sob. I’m caught unaware, Broken skin Smarting when the brine hits. Waves soothe. Expansive mother rocks, Reminding This great globe spins, Rises and...
11 Jan Still Fighting Mom Guilt: A Recycled Post
Last week, the day after we arrived in Ventura, I took all the kids to Target to buy a million and one things. Somewhere in between the granola bars and...
04 Jan Happiness Touchstones (and a resolution to frequent them more)
Happy New Year everybody! I don’t need to tell you this Christmas was different from our typical celebration. We flew home to Pennsylvania for the Holidays, but it was a...
30 Nov Building a Fine House
It began over thirty years ago. Or did it begin before that? Did God have the two of us in mind for one another when He laid the foundations...
17 Nov My Favorite Books of All Time
As I shared in a video on Facebook last week, life has been very full. Todd has been in California for the past eleven days, but who’s counting? I’ve been...