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For Everyone Who Ever Grew Up
Maybe you were labeled the class clown. The shy one. The reckless one. The know-it-all. Maybe you were the smart one. The one going places. Maybe your current reality doesn’t match their fantasy....
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On Assumptions
As we finish up our week, what if we set aside our assumptions? About our spouse’s motives. About what’s going on inside our kid’s head. About our coworkers’ intentions. What if instead we ask...
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A Prayer of Confession
This morning, We confess that we’ve been silent. Not standing up for the weak and powerless. We confess that we’ve allowed our stubborness to get in the way of really listening to those whose lives...
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Why We’re Not Trying to Raise Color Blind Kids
My rather observant, extremely verbal 3-year old is currently quite curious about skin color. He keeps pointing it out wherever we go. The other day he methodically studied our friend with darker...
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Reflecting on Rio. And other things.
Me with my parents on senior night of high school swimming Coming from a swimming family, we watched Olympic swimming before it was cool. I remember watching Janet Evans and her unorthodox freestyle...
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Good News!
My husband is a diehard Cubs fan. His mom’s cousin, Doug Dascenzo, played for the Cubs. As a kid he would go to games, sit behind home plate, and hang out in the dug out. He even has a couple of bats...
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The Next Four Years
I’m writing this post about 50 hours before the polls open on Tuesday. I write everything below without knowing who has won because it applies regardless of the outcome. Theoretically this morning we...
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Keeping them Safe
The other day my daughter was flipping through a World Vision catalog in the car, trying to see if she had enough money to buy a rabbit or a soccer ball for another family. When suddenly she stopped...
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I Pray for You on Sundays
I wouldn’t call myself a woman of prayer. If I say I’ll pray for you, I do. Often right then and there so I don’t forget. And sometimes again later. But praying without ceasing is so far beyond my...
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How Resentment Clues Us In
We’re well into summer and the Facebook posts and Instagram pictures are bursting forth with other people’s glorious lives. Their vacations. Their beach bodies. Their perfect families. And it can be...
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