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Once upon a pandemic, there was a mom. She was a little bit sad and a whole lotta tired. She didn’t recognize her life anymore. She wondered where all this was going. And she desperately missed her people. She got in the car one day and drove away. Not for long — you weren’t supposed…
You will explode with a burst of light.And streak through the inky sky.Lighting up the darkest night…Granting wishes with your sparkle. Like stars are meant to do. You’ll thrash and crash when it’s storming.And retreat, settle, and calm in the ebb.With vibrant hues and endless depths…Filling oceans with your wonder. Like the waves are meant…
It was a long day, and there was a lot to do. Dishes in the sink, messes to pick up, dust that had settled three months ago, a laptop to pretend to work on for 15 minutes before being distracted by other things, and laundry. So much laundry. My little girl occasionally turned her attention…
I keep thinking about Ahmaud. I keep looking at the picture of this beautiful human being. He was just out for an afternoon jog. He was hunted down in broad daylight, because he had the audacity to be black. I keep replaying the horror. My heart keeps breaking for his poor mother. It’s so difficult…
One afternoon last week, I applied a full face of makeup to go for a walk in the cemetery. I dabbed a light perfume on my wrist, donned my favorite sunglasses, and brushed my hair back into a ponytail. It wasn’t perfect the first time, so I started over and tried again. We live a…
I want to let you in on something that took me too long to learn. Here it is… The decisions we believe we’re making for ourselves have always had a ripple effect. They’ve always impacted other people. (And impacted people *impact* people.) It’s ironic that something invisible is the best illustration of how this works….
What strikes me about this picture is that it captures the intersection of two lifetimes. It’s a beautiful, if inevitably too brief, overlapping of life’s seasons. These two stunning girls share this moment in time, and I feel insanely blessed to be here to see it. If the meeting of two lives could be contained…
For most of us, these are unprecedented times. This is something we never could have imagined. And of all the familiar words that come to mind right now — the scriptures, the comforts of family and friends, the well-known adages that we tend to repeat in times of pain and crisis — one line, like…
These are the days I’ll miss the most. The longer days of spring and summer, when the sun peeks up slowly and reminds us that dark and cold don’t last forever. The days when I drink a whole, hot cup of coffee on the deck, read part of a book, and appreciate the view before…
It was almost the end of the world. At least, that’s what they said. In May of 2011, I was living in Oklahoma, where talk of the Rapture trended on social media, on billboards, and even at work. A founder of Family Radio, a Christian network, predicted May 21 as Judgment Day, claiming it would…