Daily Thoughts
Always Connected
Tonight, I volunteered to help with a lock-in for the youth group at the church where my husband is the traditional music director. As an appointed overnight volunteer, I was the second grown up who agreed to stay up all night to keep an eye on all things youth- and...
Locked In to the New
I recently finished a book by singer-songwriter Andrew Peterson that caused me to laugh out loud when he talked about his experience playing at a youth group lock-in, saying lock-ins essentially are everything that is wrong with the world. Why did this make me laugh?...
Love Doesn’t Tire
If you’ve been to a wedding, more than likely you’ve heard the popular “love passage” otherwise known as 1 Corinthians 13. This passage catalogs the things love does and doesn’t do, what it looks like and what it doesn’t. In other words, these familiar verses provide...
Abiding & Abounding Love
When I first started this blog on January 1, one of the first things my 17 year old asked me was, Do you think you’ll actually be able to find 365 reasons why you love us? to which immediately I replied, absolutely. Since then, she has read every post and most days...
Uncovering the Essence of Beauty
One of the animated Disney stories from my childhood that I remember more than many is Cinderella. Of course, aside from the rags to riches princess story of the main character, the two characters many of us recall are the two stepsisters, often referred to as the...
The Gift of Days
For as long as I can remember I have responded to certain holidays with a mix of disdain and indignation; I’m fairly certain this response began with Valentine’s Day. Perhaps my initial reaction to Valentine’s Day had as much to do with what I interpreted as a...
Lost in Time
Other than sleeping, there are a handful of activities that invite me to lose time with them and all of them involve story in some form, whether reading a good story, watching an engaging movie, or working at my laptop on one of my own stories. As our girls have...
The Shepherds on Our Paths
Because we are passholders at Biltmore Estates, our family tends to take advantage of the opportunity to drive through the grounds of the Estate, taking in its grandeur and, right now, the beauty of springtime and the lush green trees and meadows on the grounds. One...
Bittersweet Moments
When I first met my husband, as an enthusiastic Foo Fighters fan, he tried and tried to convert me into a fan. Despite his best efforts, I held out for a l-o-n-g time, like years and years long. And then, it finally happened and he wasn’t even with me. I had arrived...