Daily Thoughts
Here Endeth the Written Words
When I got up yesterday, I had a sort-of plan for the day for how I would spend my time. Honestly, most of my mornings follow the same rhythm of waking up, doing my Morning Pages, spending time with God while sipping a much-anticipated cup of coffee, and then moving…
They Are Humans Who Glitter
As I have moved through the year with this blog of 365 reasons why I love my teenagers, the reason for doing it has come into a clearer focus. There were myriad reasons for starting it back in January, not the least of which was to demonstrate to myself, my girls, and…
What’s It About?
I like to think that I’m more of a spontaneous person than I really am. Perhaps it’s that I like the idea of spontaneity more than the spontaneity itself, I’m not sure. When I was younger, I used to imagine myself living a life steeped in spontaneous moments,…
The Strength of Connection
There’s a popular phrase I’m guessing we are all at least a little bit familiar with—misery loves company. I can remember hearing that phrase growing up, though, to be honest, I’m not quite sure I fully understood either its meaning or the intent of the one sharing…
They’re So Relatable!
when we are reflected in books & stories, we feel seen… I remember when I was growing up, there was something kind of nice to find someone else in the world who seemed to be like me, especially in their shyness or their awkwardness or even their sense of…
Just Right Celebrations
Goldilocks in the just right bed… Just like its present-day applications, the story of Goldilocks and The Three Bears evolved from its original tellings. Maybe you, like me, had no idea that the first story involving these characters came in the form of a…
They’re Posers
If you spend any time on any social media platform or if you engage at all in the world, you likely realize that civil discourse has lost at least a bit of its footing in any conversation involving differences of opinions, especially around hot-button topics, like…
Strike a Pose
I don’t know if it’s all mamas or if it just happens to be me, but whichever it is, I do know that I regularly have issues with my cell phone’s storage because of the number of pictures I take and then store in my phone’s photo app. While it is supposed to sync with…
Frog and Toad and Nostalgia
When our girls were younger, we always made a point of reading with them and it has been such a wonderful adventure seeing the ways reading has influenced them and the ways it created some special core memories. If you’re a fan of Inside Out and Inside Out 2, then you…