I’m not sure why you live where you are. Maybe you rent. Maybe you own. You could love it. Or you could hate it. Whether you could live anywhere in the world or your circumstances have you stuck somewhere right now, I believe we can all make a choice to love our cities and the… Read More 5 Practical Ways to Love Your City Today
Along with honoring the mommas in your life, let’s make our gifts give in more ways than one. Where we spend our money matters. How sweet is it that your gift can also be a blessing to women you don’t know? I’ve put together a gift guide of companies that benefit women. Some of them are… Read More 2021 Mother’s Day Gift Guide
In 1955, a song was written by a husband and wife songwriting team and then introduced to 180 teenagers at a workshop in the California mountains. Decades later, I’d grow up listening to this song sung as hymn in Catholic Mass. And now, it comes to my mind as I pray. I pray for peace.… Read More When All We See is Chaos
One of the most profound phrases I heard last year was about finding something to be bad at. I sat in a theater for a graduation ceremony, comfortably watching the graduates from the overflow room. Commencement speeches can have the most portable wisdom. Next time you are at a graduation, be there for it! You… Read More Why Being Bad at Something is What You Need
It’s that time of year again. All of our momentum, focus, and budgets zero in on one thing. Our schedules and bank accounts tell the same story – holidays are coming! We have people to shop for and the time is counting down. Cheaper and faster are often rewarded, but what if there was a… Read More People Matter Gift Guide
Getting started can feel so small. It can feel like doing something that seems insignificant or just a drop in the bucket. Getting started can feel so silly. It can feel like Google searches and asking stupid questions. Getting started can feel so isolating. It can feel like stepping out of your comfort zone… Read More What Everyone Should Know About Starting Small
“This is a honey disaster!,” my then 3-year old son very seriously looked at me and said. We were making homemade gummy bears from a kit he got for Christmas. A kit he’s been begging to use since unwrapping it on December 25. We picked the lemon gummies for him and cherry for his sister. … Read More One of the Most Heart-Breaking Verses in the Bible
We settled into summer. It looked like slow mornings and late summer nights, waiting for the sun to go down before anyone was tucked into bed. It looked like movie nights and pancake mornings. It looked like no one rushing out the door to get somewhere on time. We’ve learned new rhythms of being around… Read More It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way
“I know, mom!” my kids moan. It’s innocent enough. The scene typically includes my family on the couch snuggled under blankets as we watch a Disney movie. There may be popcorn involved. Or sometimes ice cream and pizza. “Is he a bad guy?” my daughter will ask, just trying to pick up on cues the… Read More Is He a Bad Guy?
Before 2020 many of us didn’t know the names George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor. But we do now. And the list is getting longer. We have woken up to horrific news story after news story. Our country is in trauma. Together, we are hurt. We need counselors, not competitors. We need doctors, not… Read More What Can I Do?
