The Quieter Moments of Life

the sun coming up during the Easter sunrise service It’s Resurrection (or Easter) Sunday here for our family, and with a husband who works as the Director of Traditional Music at a local United Methodist Church, it’s been a busy week for him and the rest of the church...

Daydream Believers…

I am fairly certain neither of our teenagers have ever heard the classic Monkeys tune, Daydream Believers, and yet, I am also pretty confident they are each regular daydreamers. But, while I believe this to be true, this post is not about their daydreams or even their...

Articulating Their Inner Dialogue

Like many overthinkers, it can be much too easy for me to get lost in my own head, traveling my internal landscape and considering (and reconsidering) ideas and processing thoughts from different angles before getting to a place where I actually take action. Having...

When the Breakthroughs Come

Have you ever considered how similar our emotional lives can feel to the consistent rhythm of the tides, those waves breaking along the shoreline of our lives even as the next waves are building and racing toward the sands. The ebb and flow of energy and emotions and...

 Who I Am

I got together with a friend for dinner this evening and as we were saying our goodbyes, she said something profound, something that resonated deeply with me. She said, I’m so glad I’m a mom. I don’t know who I’d be if I weren’t. Being a parent has shaped who I am....