Daily Thoughts
Joey Doesn’t Share Food
From the first moment the Friends character Joey (played by Matt LeBlanc) first uttered those words—Joey doesn’t share food—my husband and I have used them as a familiar refrain for me. It doesn’t matter if we are out to eat or here at home, or (and maybe especially)...
The Sleep of the Teens
After we had our girls, I began to wonder why it is we respond to the question regarding how we slept last night with the phrase, I slept like a baby because I came to understand that babies do not tend to sleep through the night. In fact, they are not supposed to...
Whispers in the Distance
Do you recall your teenage years? I don’t know about you, but mine definitely had moments that can be described as tumultuous. The journey of the teenage years is fraught with such moments, those times when we need to determine where we begin apart from our parents....
It Always Comes Back to Love
If a stranger ever walks into our house in the mid-morning hours, they might think they’ve stepped into Waffle House or iHop or another popular breakfast spot. While I don’t wear a uniform, I do tend to take my place in front of our stove like a short-order cook with...
A Dash of Fun
For many years I have followed a writer and speaker, Jon Acuff, whose books and talks focus not only on setting goals, but on actually achieving them. For some of those years I participated in several of Jon’s webinars and Facebook groups and both were filled with...
What’s the Good Word?
While I may not be able to tell you whether it was sunny or raining that day, I can tell you I will never forget the day in 2017 when our 17 year old who was nine at the time asked me about the word, anti-disestablishmentarianism. Apparently the autocorrect on her...
Changing the World
Today I’m feeling a wee sentimental and simply want to say that as we close in on the end of the summer and the end of the month, I find it amazing that I’ve been doing this blog for almost eight months. As much as these words are intended to highlight my remarkable...
Endless Possibilities
If you create anything at all, you likely will understand the sense of risk and vulnerability woven into the act of creating. Whether you are trying a new recipe or writing new words or exploring a new medium for your art or even a new brush for your paintings. No...
A Small Eclipse of the Heart
It seemed like it was finally time. For at least a year before it was finally time the girls had asked about whether they could get a pet and we talked about getting them each a fish—a good starter pet. Still, it took us another year after those initial conversations...