this year and that, again
Christmas looked different this year than I ever imagined than I ever expected. There are stories we live that aren’t mine to tell, this is one of them. What I…
this year and that…
Christmas looks different this year than I ever imagined. I swore up and down all these years that there’d never be an Elf on the Shelf in our house, but…
for as long as you can endure
If you stepped inside this picture, the warmth of the sun is a lie, and though Alabama skies are blue, there’s thick clouds just off to the right. There’s cold…
we drove to the beach
It’s a rarity these days for there to be just the three of us… It’s how things were most of the time in Germany; it’s what we were used…
fight the hard battle
In the seven years since my first child was born, I’ve been on and off anti-depressants a good handful of times. Less than a year ago, I was married to…
here lately…
There are people on the internet bragging about ordering Christmas pajamas for their kids. It’s still June, people. Christmas is in July. The boys are spending time with their dad’s…
Growing Pains
I sat on the couch yesterday morning with a cup of coffee in the quiet. My muscles ached from a round trip 5 hour drive yesterday. The boys are spending…
Welcome to Pray and Scrub!
I scrub best when there’s something to pray; I pray best when there’s something to scrub. P&S came from a desire to share my heart and home in a real…
when life brings you back to your roots…
“And yet, even as she spoke, she knew that she did not wish to come back. not to stay, not to live. She loved the little yellow cottage more than…