Twenty three years ago I came home for Christmas after spending the fall semester in Jackson, Mississippi. I went because college was depressing and I needed something that gave me purpose. I was not someone who went into those years of my life with specific plans, I was one of the lost ones. If you know […]

Read More Meet Johnathan

Thin places, where the distance between heaven and earth collapses…    Monday morning I woke up, surrounded by sleeping children who had decided to camp out in our bedroom while Drew was away.   No one was stirring yet and the house was still dark and completely quiet except for the whirring of the bedroom […]

Read More Thin Time

If you know me, you know I’m not a person who would call myself patriotic. But I’ve been thinking more and more about freedom in this country and how I’ve used it and taken advantage of it. This July 4th, I give thanks for my freedom and my country. I am thankful that I live […]

Read More Sweet Freedom

There is something about this time of life that causes a lot of self reflection.  I’ve been doing my fair share and it’s no secret that my natural inclination is to think of all the things I wish I had done differently or all the ways I have made mistakes. Sitting in the car with […]

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The tv was off and the boys were busy. Drew’s away in Madison for work. Abbey followed me into the living room. It was just the two of us. I sat comfortably in the big leather chair, all settled in. She stood, sat, paced, repeat- talking all the while. My job was to pay attention […]

Read More Extra, Extra! Oldest Kid Survives Middle School!

Here’s some really tiny non epic news: Today I cried at a frog’s funeral. Trust me, I never thought I’d say that either.   But my kid’s frog died and it broke his heart.      This afternoon the two of us stood in the dirt on the side of the house and shed a lot […]

Read More A Froggy Funeral

I just got in from a birthday stop I made at my favorite bakery in Oak Park, Spilt Milk. I got my coffee, my biscuit and then sat facing out the storefront window. The sun was shining warmly on me as I ate, sipped and read my book. I was thinking, how was this year […]

Read More Be Here Now (Or One More Year in My Life)

The two of us walked out of the movie theater last night with very few words.   I think, That was intense was what one of us was able to get out. Abbey was at a party and we had the evening with our boys.   We had really been wanting to see Manchester By The […]

Read More Just A Little Story

Almost ten years ago, Drew and I got in our van and drove to the teeny tiny Lancaster airport. I remember it was dark and very quiet. We were meeting friends there, they arrived and together we stood on the curb and waited. Not long after we got there, two dark suburbans drove down the long entrance […]

Read More No Place for Fear