Invisible monsters
You should not...cannot...m u s t not think porn doesn't affect you or your family. If you think your husband wouldn't look at porn under the "right" circumstances, you're deluding yourself. If you think your children aren't going...
Around/About: The “I am a Lizard” edition
A collection of links I love, sites I like, and sometimes something to do. A favorite recent instagram of mine! American Idle, by Allison Glouck for Southern Living's The Daily South. Love it. Love her. If you read this (and I think...
Power Hour
One of my goals as a mom has been to cultivate an atmosphere where my kids can tell me anything. While I'm sure there are a few things they've chosen not to share, I'm thankful when they tell me Hard Things--about stupid decisions (yes,...
Christmas (Shopping) in July!! GREAT bargains…& when they’re gone, they’re gone…
I've had a few friends complain by the time my sale posts show up in their reader, the flash sales are often over; with that in mind, I'm sharing this a day early in the HOPE it'll help you pick up some pretties for those you love (or even yourself :))....
the miracle at 30,000 feet
i. It was even obvious when I was gathering up things to outfit my college dorm room over half a lifetime ago: I love rainbows. A stark white comforter with a ROYGBIV too-neatly arced across the bottom half, it lacked any sense of artistic flair. ...
the miracle at 30,000 feet: the prequel and superfluities
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. i. I don't like to fly. That's not entirely accurate; what I'm really saying is I don't like: having absolutely no control rocketing through the atmosphere in an over-sized tin can the...
The incredible testimony of Sybrina Fulton
i. What if everything people knew about you they learned from Twitter (or Facebook or whatever social network du jour)? ii. The verdict was rendered and the people went mad-- those who agreed, a time to dance, those who did not, a time to raise angry fists,...
glory days
I could see the shower in the distance, a gray smudge in the distant blue sky. It fascinated me to watch the storm cloud roll in. Thankfully, we were spared rain that would send us running from the beach, but showered with beauty that anchored me to...
advice for life
If you could control the things you've said that people remember years later, what would you tell them? The kind of things that inform daily practice, that shape a person, that goven the way they parent or engage in friendship or enter into...