The year after my third miscarriage and during my seventh pregnancy, the Psalms were a refuge for me. I struggled to reconcile my fervent prayers and multiple miscarriages with the evidence of God’s miraculous sustaining hand present in the lives of many around me. That […]

I’ve always struggled to finish writing projects. Since finishing NaNoWriMo last year, I’ve added just a bit over ten thousand words to that project (which is also my project for this year). I’ve felt embarrassed by that. How can I be so diligent to write […]

When my husband and I sat down to brainstorm a list of things we wanted to focus on and accomplish this year, it was a long list. It could’ve quickly became overwhelming. As I was categorizing the list, I noticed a theme. While there was […]

If ever we’re out and we pass a mermaid my son Otto will immediately say, “Mom, you need to get this so you’ll finish your book!” I smile and answer, “Maybe” or “Not today,” because how many mermaids do you really need? In November, I […]

Yesterday the kids and I took our weekly poetry tea time on the road. It produced a few pretty pictures, almost tears, some hard to hear reading of Valentine books and poems, a couple near mishaps, and, in the end, revealed the tension in the […]