Links to inspire

Once upon a time, I made sure to blog every day. Even through the summer, I somehow managed to blog a minimum of 4 days/week. I don’t know how I did this! Maybe it’s because my kids were younger, and I could tie them up in their rooms for hours at a time without fear of them ratting...

Blue Tastes Like Blueberries

I pulled out the manila folder, frayed around the edges. A 4th grade boy cannot be expected to use a paper folder for an entire year and keep it fresh, after all. Stuffed full, I opened it up and picked up the first piece of paper lying on top. The title: BLUE The first three lines of his...

Don’t look. Don’t deny. Don’t ignore.

Yesterday I clicked on a link. I shouldn’t have done it. The warning at the top of the link told me exactly what I would find in the article. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. It was an article on the current terror of evil sweeping across Iraq, where ISIS has issued an ultimatum to the...

The Season of Right Now

In roughly seven weeks, our life is going to change drastically. I think I’m ready for it, but I don’t know. Are you ever really ready to have a baby? This is the fourth time I’ve done this, so I feel like I’m a little more prepared for the process of transition....