distraction and the discipline of presence
Distraction can be a welcome relief. But if you’re anything like me, maybe it’s become a problem.
Tag: parenting
dear mom who is trying to do everything right
I remember reading the list in the What to Expect Book carefully and following every detail. Like I was making a lemon meringue pie. Or replacing the water pump in a car. I had never washed a newborn before! I needed detailed instructions.
dear mom who feels the darkness
May Your unfailing love be with us Lord, even as we put our hope in You. Psalm 33:22
dear mama who worries
I think every mama on this Monday morning will say a prayer. Whether she believes in God or not. Because someone has to watch them. Someone, please.
17 things I say to my kids that I really should say to myself
If anyone anywhere very desperately needed to take her own advice, it would be me.
when you fall asleep writing a title and hit publish on accident
One day, my memory will be even worse. And I will be the lady with the cats and the books and the unruly garden, living on spinach dip and tortilla chips and feeding Dave TV dinners.
6 shortcuts you learn when you’re always in a hurry
because you can only stay up way past your bedtime so many nights in a row before it all catches up with you.
shoes for the season
It’s kind of amazing what the right footwear can do. They actually made me want it to rain . . .
a season of uncertainty and certainty
I wrote so many thoughts over the weekend and not one of them is ready for print. Not even on the internet. I did, however, have a breakthrough last night when I realized the post I had written was the very thing I needed for …