A question in my Bible study this week asks, "How did your parents prepare you to for Christianity?" (This is my paraphrase.) I like this question because it made me remember the ways my parents … [Read more...]
A New Chapter
My house is a tomb today. And I am in mourning. Three college move-ins/visits in five days. No sounds in the house except my laptop's swooshy breathing as it waits for me to add words to the empty … [Read more...]
Motherhood
Motherhood is a hard job. How many globs of peanut butter and jelly have we spread onto crust-less slices of bread? How many socks have we washed and dried and lost? How many miles have we driven to … [Read more...]
Journaling a Childhood
Preserving memories is important, but I’m not a scrapbooker. Most of our pictures wait for my attention in a box, an archivally sound box but a box nonetheless. Our traditional baby books contain more … [Read more...]
