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...

Good Intentions Are Unreliable

There’s an expression, a popular proverb, whose origins are unknown but a form of it appears in the book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible. The original proverb says, the road to hell is paved with good intentions and the Ecclesiastes verse reads, the way of sinners is...

There’s Nothing Ordinary about Love

Today is 6 months to the day that we woke up to the devastation of Hurricane Helene—no power, trees down, no cell phone service, and no idea how bad things actually were beyond our small neighborhood. Those were some unpredictable days during unprecedented times....

Who They Are Matters…to Them

As of today, I have written about 78 things about my two remarkable teenagers, and, while each of those are an important part of this Habit of Love project, some days, the things I discover about these two incredible young women amaze me more than others. In other...

I Want to Like It, but…

One of my favorite things about social media these days is the ability to scroll through my memories. You know, those posts you made a year ago, three years ago, ten or more years ago? Talk about the nostalgia that bubbles up inside you as you remember those moments...