Carving out a sanctuary for the weary
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. 1 …
Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. Matthew 12:33 Saturdays are tough in the suburbs. Things get a little tense when you cram a bunch of cranky people in an SUV …
I sit in the waiting room passing time, wondering what’s next, and planning for things that may or may not ever happen. Call it worry, call it dreaming, call it smart preparation. For me it is stillness. It is patience. It is faith. I never know what news will come …
Yesterday was our ninth wedding anniversary. And we didn’t celebrate. We didn’t get a babysitter. We didn’t sneak away. I don’t even remember if we ate dinner together last night. Wait. Nope. We didn’t. I took the girls to sign up for cheerleading for the first time, which prompted an inner …
December is over. Phew. For me, it is always a test- as if I’ve been auditing and adjusting skills all year and the considerable demands of the busiest month test my limits. It is the most magical time of the year, right? Yes, only if the matriarchs can keep it together. Let’s be honest, …