Inexhaustible compassion
Last week I hit a wall of weariness, and today I felt the sunshine stream through the window and warm my face. In a season where so many of us feel the darkness of exhaustion, the new morning sun reminds […]
Life
Today is cancelled
I woke up Monday and realized I needed to cancel the day because I just couldn’t. This felt weird because typically, I have an enormous amount of willpower but at the same time it felt right because my heart was […]
Waiting is hard…
I’m getting so tired of waiting. Anyone else?? Last weekend I thought the “stay-at-home order” would lift and change but come Monday, for our little city, it didn’t. And I felt hope slowly whistle out of my heart, like a deflated balloon. […]
What does your new normal look like?
Today I’ve been thinking a lot about courage. This word keeps popping into my head, so like the scholar I am, I stopped to Google it. If you could see my workspace, you would find toys in place of books, a […]
The darkness will not overcome it
I cannot believe we are in the week of Easter. This week feels surreal and heavy with the weight of unmet expectations for me and my family. When I envisioned this weekend I thought the stay-at-home order would be lifted. I […]
Amid the storm, we remember…
Here we are, another Wednesday. How does this week find you? I’ve found that my days are blurring together with each day looking like the one before. And yet in the span of one day, everything can change. Whether that […]
The difference of two weeks
As I sit here, I can’t help but be overcome by how different this Wednesday is from last week, and even more so from the week before. In a two-week timeframe our lives have been turned upside down and we are living […]
Top 5 Things I learned in 2019
Happy 2020! As I sit down to reflect on what I’ve learned this past year, I realize that I began this blog one year ago today. My first post was about the Top 5 things I learned in 2018 and […]
Finding a Rhythm so You Can Rest
I’m so grateful to be back with you in this space after taking a break for the month of August. In my season of rest, it’s all I could hear people talking about. Have you had that happen? You seem […]
How do I rest?
Unlike what the world tells us – our actions always come with a cost. The world says we can have it all and be everything to everyone but the reality is our energy is a commodity that can run out. […]
