Spring weather in Texas is notoriously volatile: it’s not unusual to have a morning of thunderstorms, hail, and even tornado warnings followed by an afternoon of sunny, cloudless skies. My moods this ...
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Bottle It Up
It was one of those unicorn days, when everything seamlessly falls into place. The weather was beautiful when we emerged from the YMCA, and the twins’ gymnastics class had let out right ...
Lately || April 2025
Although we’ve called Texas home for more than nine years, I don’t think I’ve ever felt quite so “country girl” as I did this month. We’re chicken-sitting for my in-laws while they’re ...
Self Talk
I was just seven years old when the bear began making appearances in my elementary classroom. He wasn’t intimidating. In fact, at just eighteen inches tall and covered in cottony white fluff, ...
28 Memorable Sayings of Jesus
I believe that all of Scripture is the inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God. It was breathed out by Him, and while individual verses must be read and understood within the ...
Lenten Reflections (Part Six): “Blessed are the pure in heart.”
I still remember the first time I was introduced to the idea of a personality framework. Our family was lingering over a post-church lunch at our favorite all-you-can-eat buffet, and the conversation ...
Lenten Reflections (Part Five): “Love one another.”
Something I did not anticipate prior to having a fourth child was the loneliness. It’s a natural part of every birth, I think—the “pulling in” of the nesting months and the earliest ...
Lately || March 2025
When I was living in California, I never gave much thought to the arrival of spring. An Orange County winter is pretty mild, so the weather transition from February to March was ...
Lenten Reflections (Part Four): “Tomorrow will worry about itself.”
A few years ago, I was gifted a digital picture frame that quickly became a focal point in our home. I loaded the frame with a collection of favorite recent photos and ...
Lenten Reflections (Part Three): “Let the little children come to me.”
A hum of excitement buzzed through the crowd as families made their way down the aisles of the school auditorium and settled into seats. Parents greeted one another across rows of chairs, ...