I never thought I was a stranger to weakness.   Plenty of days find me inadequate for the task at hand. Weary. Wanting. But I’m pretty good at MacGyvering a solution. My fingers know the feel of my own bootstraps.   But this week, this day, and the utter […]

  Last night, my family gathered around the table as we’ve been doing every Sunday night for no-one-knows-how-long. We laughed and shared amazing stories from our morning in church. That may sound silly, but most of us work at our church and we love it dearly. Yesterday was just a […]

  I can’t begin to describe this past week, but my husband has done a good job telling part of the story here. I’ve never known a season more emotionally demanding. After a sleepless night, turning decisions and memories over in my mind a million times, I finally came to […]

  Oh, sweet blog reader: I can’t believe you haven’t given up on me yet!   Sometimes, over coffee with a friend, I will share a story or experience that has marked me in the past three years.  Often the friend will respond, “I sure hope you’re writing all this […]

  We are known by the company we keep. I keep company with this man. He is my truest friend, my fiercest defender, my solid ground. He shows me angles on the world beyond my view-finder and helps me understand that the way I’ve always seen it is not necessarily […]