I grew up in a home without a dishwasher. Technically, we owned a dishwasher, but I don’t recall seeing my mom use it in the twenty-three years I lived in my parents’ ...
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Lately || September 2025
I am not sure if I actually lived the month of September or simply free-fell through it. We are in what is possibly the busiest season our family has EVER experienced, and ...
A Love That Grows
“Mama?” Kali’s quivering voice belied her confidence as she broke through the cacophony of voices clamoring for my attention. “Before Sully and I were born, did Charlie have all your love?” Her ...
Kalinda Joy & Sullivan Luke || Now we are six!
My dearest Kali Joy and Sully Luke, Happy 6th birthday (in two days) to the sweetest pair of twins there ever was! Goodness gracious, how I love the two of you and ...
Lately || August 2025
August was a big month for our family: we celebrated a milestone birthday; got underway with some new ventures (a Classical Conversations community for the family, and American Heritage Girls for Kali ...
What I Learned This Summer . . . About Faith, Family, Floods, & First Birthdays (plus a few more things).
I’m toying with the idea of moving to a year-round school schedule for our homeschool. The biggest reason is that summer is actually the worst time of year for our family to ...
Lately || July 2025
July brought unfathomable tragedy to many Texans, including some just miles from my home. It feels wrong to keep on with life as usual when life has changed or even ended for ...
How I Have Changed in the Last Ten Years
Before we begin: if you missed last Thursday’s post, in which I first broached this topic and explored my hangups around the question of “How have you changed in the last ten ...
How Have You Changed in the Last 10 Years?
Back in the spring, I listened to a podcast episode titled How Have You Changed in the Last 10 Years? In it, podcast host Laura Tremaine and her longtime friend, Meg Tietz, ...
Lately || June 2025
My three big kids spent the night at their grandparents’ house last Friday. This was a near-first for all of us: other than the one night Luke and I spent in the ...