the /grace/ between
The grace poured out between.
On Keeping Them Safe
(Trigger warning: Brief mention of suicide and self harm.) When I turned forty, I thought I said goodbye to a decade of being tired. Chuckbob wasn’t even a thought. COVID was months away. // I remember when my Second Son was just weeks old, and I was a fresh mom...
Thank You.
I would say Happy Veteran's Day to you all, but this day doesn't feel happy ... it feels heavy. This day bears the full weight, the agonizing cost of our freedom ... the staggering sacrifices made by veterans and families alike. In a letter written to his wife on...
Family Traditions … {G-Rated}.
Okay ... so we don't "do" Halloween. For a multitude of reasons. {If you would like the list, I would be happy to email you privately}. We don't really like to talk about it because we have no problems if you choose to celebrate. With that caveat out of the way,...
Labels … and Perfection.
{Editor’s Note: I almost didn’t write this, because I am afraid it will come across as passive-aggressive compliment fishing ... but then I read this, about a new kind of pretty, and I wanted to tell you how I am really feeling. And how I am really dealing with it....
On War and Weariness
"I have a confession to make. I am weary of war. I feel vaguely traitorous to my fellow military wives in spilling my fatigue. But oh I am tired. Our snapshot of Army life falls somewhere in the middle on the hardship scale. Seven and a half years together. Three...
Bad Homeschooler, Fun Mom
{G-Rated} ...The Dailies ... Yesterday I totally blew off homeschooling. I spent an hour raking the neighbors' leaves (!!) into an enormous pile. Then we jumped in the pile. A lot. I guess that makes me a bad homeschooler ... but a super-fun mom, at least for the...
Thoughts On Communion
{Editor's Note: I actually wrote this a few weeks ago. I've been sitting on it. I scribbled it out in my trusty notebook, then set it aside to simmer ... I do this sometimes. I write out hasty paragraphs and then come back days later, all rational and deadly. Whole...
Snapshot of uncertainty: Me … or, where I’ve been for the month of September.
I am in the process of creating a series of snapshots on this blog ... peepholes into our Army life ... to know us better, to love us well. I am saving most of our pictures for Our Story, but this one, well this one, I just had to share right now. Mostly because it...
