the /grace/ between
The grace poured out between.
On Connection and SEC Football
I promised myself connection these days but it’s been a hard two years of minimizing dysfunction and wild grief and depression and parenting hard things and pretending it’s all good in the moment. I went to a women’s fellowship for our church last night. I prayed...
Where I tell you (again) about grace.
Wonderful, merciful Savior. June marked what would have been the 11th birthday of our first babe and the 38th birthday of my best friend. Both were heaven bound within three months of each other, eleven and half long years past. For all of 2006, I was overwhelmed...
An Open Letter to my Mother-in-Law
(In the space of two short weeks, we've celebrated my husband's birthday, our 12th anniversary, and Mother's Day. This felt right today, to honor my mother-in-law the way she honors us. Don't worry, I love my mom too - you'll learn more about her tomorrow.) Dear...
On Perspective, and Resurrection
(Easter is mostly over, and my newsfeed is awash in scrubbed faces, pouffy dresses, and coordinating outfits-of which I am a willing participant, don't get me wrong. But there is still time for a meditation on Resurrection Sunday, because truthfully we celebrate...
Where I tell you about scars.
There are blue stains everywhere. The cream colored handmade wooden chair that sits at the head of our table. My bathrobe. The guest bathroom sink. I don’t even want to know how many white towels. Maybe a lifetime ago, it would have...
Parenting Idols
(I wrote this a few weeks ago ... just now linking up here because I want you to hear me.) PARENTING IDOLS I have a confession to make. I made an idol of my children. More accurately, the idea of my children, and my expectations of who they would be. I...
#FairTuesday: Karama
(READ TO THE END FOR A GIVEWAY AND DISCOUNTS!) I made Christmas pillows on Black Friday. I made them because I went to Target the Wednesday prior and was having difficulty resisting the siren call of artfully arranged Christmas decor. I picked up the table runner a...
Guest posting: On Election Season
(I'm guest posting today, at Missionary Mama - I'd love for you to stop in.) “THE WELFARE OF GOD’S KINGDOM IS NOT DEPENDENT ON THE ELECTION OF THIS KINGDOM.” This election season has proven exhausting and mostly discouraging if I am honest with you - I’d like to...
Happy First Birthday Darling Girl
To my darling girl, my girl of grace. Before I begin ... A dear friend said recently, "Sometimes life just becomes unsayable, and being quiet is the only sound a person can make." And so I have been, in my virtual space, sitting in silence while I do the hard,...