I remember the prayers. It was the first time in our nine-month-old marriage that I wished we owned a television. I’m not sure I would have wanted to watch the carnage in real time, though. It was enough to turn on NPR and hear the reporter...
I like things neat and clean. This is no surprise to anyone who knows me in real life. The About page on my website describes me as a “recovering perfectionist,” among other things. Some of you might wonder what this actually means. Tidiness is just...
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 of times, and it only bothers me when something is different about it—or maybe just...
Last week I flew to California to look for a house. Todd was already there for work. He’s going to be back and forth a bit until we make the big move. He met me at the airport and we drove up to the area...
It's hard to know what to say. I was a little late getting the news, and I’m a little late with this post. It was a busy Monday morning. But then I took a quick look at Facebook. For a moment, I wanted to turn back...
Friendly Warning: This post contains sensitive material. It’s a complex emotion. Fear. We all have a relationship with it. Lately I’ve been pondering it. Wrestling with it. Analyzing it. Trying various methods of combatting it. And sometimes giving in to it. Fear can be good. Adrenaline helps you...
The beginning of a new year is always a little anticlimactic for me. I don’t think I’m the only one who feels this way. The season I perceive as our busiest comes to a close. I spend the week between Christmas and New Year’s relaxing,...
I’m not a political writer. I hate politics. I hate debates. I can’t think on my feet and I mostly just want to ignore the kind of political fights I see on Facebook.But more than that, I hate so much of what I see in...
I know, I know, it’s poor grammar. And it follows a rather in-depth discussion I had with Todd about why grammar is important and how I want our children to hear English spoken correctly and speak it well themselves....
Finally I'm bringing you all up to date on our lives. This past weekend, Todd and I had our first weekend away from Camilla. Todd's good friend, Chris, got married in northern Wisconsin. Most of the women attendants from our wedding are married by now,...
