Here’s something to ponder: where do you draw the line for the “end of summer”? Is it when school is back in session? Or when pumpkin spice shows up on the Starbucks ...
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Mom Fieldnotes, Lightbulb Moments, Relationship Observations, and Other Things I Learned This Spring
Stagnant. That’s the primary emotion I can identify when I ask myself how I am doing these days. I’m not even sure if stagnant is a true emotion, but it’s the only ...
What I Learned This Winter About Decisions, Transitions, Restraint, and the Soul (Plus an amazing copyright discovery!)
Today is a big day for me, my 39th birthday—which puts me just 366 days (thanks Leap Year) away from being “over the hill.” Sure, forty is the new thirty, and age ...
What I Learned in 2022
Almost every year of my past decade has been marked by some great hurdle, challenge, hardship, or pivotal event: a new baby (or babies), a cross-country move, an infertility trial or miscarriage, ...
What I Learned This Fall—About World Views, Discipling My Children, Community, and Unexpected Blessings {2022}
At the end of this past summer I shared a list of things I slid into learning that season: lessons learned almost by accident and without my knowing. My learning experience this ...
What I Slid Into Learning This Summer {2022}
Back in my teaching days we often referred to the dreaded “Summer Slide.” It was a term used to describe the learning loss and general academic regression that took place in the ...
A Few Things I Learned This Spring {2022}
Over the last few months, when friends would ask how I was doing, my go-to response was: “I’m not really sure. My plate has been too full to think about it.” And ...
A Taste of What I Learned This Winter {December 2021-February 2022}
The beginning of March is just days away, and spring is chomping at the bit to make its appearance. It was a mild winter (here in Central Texas, and in my own ...
What I Learned in 2021
Last Wednesday night at our weekly community group, our icebreaker conversation had us answering the question, “What word would you use to sum up your year in 2021?” My answer was instant ...
Nine Things I Learned This Fall
Recently, on The Bible in a Year podcast, Father Mike Schmitz shared the story of a parishioner who was frustrated that he was bringing the same sins to confession week after week. ...