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...
Let Me Tell You About Bug
November 22, 2011. Before you read this post, I need to explain?justify? my reason for sharing this. Isaiah 40 is one of my favorite passages in Scripture. At one point I had most of it memorized but it turns out that you need to practice for that to be a...
Give Thanks
This morning [Saturday] I got up with every intention of scrubbing my house into submission. Instead, we spent the better part of the morning gleefully cutting out random circles and making a thanksgiving banner from Little Birdie Secrets. Is my house clean?...
Earring Bliss
Inspired by Pinterest and adapted to the materials I had. The original pin was a round iron frame with different lines of lace strung across the frame. I had a [very cool] picture frame my mom gave me and and a vintage doily purchased in Liberty, MO. A couple of...
The Happiest
Sometimes, when I am this happy, I think it's not even fair to other people, no one could possibly be as happy as I am.Sometimes, in these moments, I am so desperate to stop time, or to slow it down so much that it moves in little sparkly wavy drips. Recorded in...
Let’s Play A Game
Whew! I'm back from the crazy Wedding Weekend Road Trip. Let's play a little game. Take a minute. Peruse this list. Try to guess what they all have in common.1. Electronic piano keyboard2. Fig jam3. Whole canned figs4. Two flower arrangements5. Bicycle helmet6....
Upside Down
Seven years ago, I wrote a [not very good] poem that began as follows: "Take away my want to be made much of ... " Even now that plea echoes in my heart. I decided to research how many blogs are estimated to be on the web-the best I could find was an article...
Treasure Hunt
Have you ever had those days, moments, where you wish you had photographic memory? Jewel of days where you wish you could tattoo every second behind your eyelids, etch each separate moment into the folds of your subconscious, so that decades from now, you can float...
View From My Window
I am obsessed with old windows. And mason jars, but I'll save that one for another day. In the meantime, here is the first of at least four (I'll try to keep it to four, anyway) old window projects. I found this one at an antique mall here in town (thanks to Gigi's...