Stained Glass Lives
Thanksgiving Eve in 2015, I sat in church holding a rock. As part of the service that evening, we were each asked to write something […]
The Cumulative Impact of Grief
I’ve been thinking a lot about grief these past weeks as we move into the holiday season. This year will be a hard year for […]
A Million Things Spoken and 1 Thing That Wasn't
Sixteen and a half years ago, Jay and I made a decision to become foster parents. Caleb was an infant, and I was pregnant with […]
Tears
I have developed an intimacy with tears over the past few years. I no longer wipe them away or hide them from others. Unless they […]
Reckless Love
Here is the backwards way about life: the more deeply you live and the more deeply you love, the more deeply you hurt. Loving is […]
When What Doesn’t Make You Stronger Does Kill You
As a school teacher and mother of school aged children, life is measured not in calendar years, but school years. 2009-2010 Six years ago was […]