The ministry of tears
I have cried more in the past three weeks than I have since . Emotions? Threadbare. Sleep? Fitful at best. And eating a real meal? Wishful thinking. Who needs a meat and three when you can have a Snickers and coffee? I wish I were kidding on that last one. It's...
If these walls could speak
A week ago we sold the house my children will always remember as home, the one they will dream about when they are the age I am now, when sleep makes them think they are young again. We've packed and we've purged and we've cried - a lot - but we've also seen...
A father’s plea
An email shared with me today, from someone our family loves. I asked permission to post it here, hoping to share its heart-breaking message beyond his original recipients. Please read it as if your husband or father or brother or best friend wrote it; it's...
For school, tooooo cool!
It was another one of those "When Harry Met Sally" moments. Not the one in the diner, but that one when Marie, Sally's friend, quotes an article she read without realizing Jess, Harry's friend, was its author. I had barely arrived at a church leadership...
My 1st Podcast: Raising Kids on Harry Potter
Over the weekend, while I was busy wedding-ing and celebrating one of my almost-daughters, a podcast featuring yours truly and recorded for Tsh's The Simple Show aired. I'll be honest: a) It's the first time I've ever accepted a podcast invite. b) It's the first...
Because 50 is Relative
If you were backed into a corner and forced to give an answer, what age would you say is "old"? What milestone birthday is The One that tips a person beyond the top of the hill into a mess of wrinkles and infirmity? How old do you have to be to be considered...
A Rearview Perspective on Why Moving is Good for You
There are two types of people in the world: Natives and Transplants. Natives have the benefit (or curse, depending on your perspective) of being born and raised in one place and remaining there their livelong life. Transplants have shallower roots, picking...