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...
To The Military Spouse
For the military spouse. Monday night was spent saying goodbye to old and new friends. They are moving on, to parts west and far east of here and it’s got me thinking about my people. We’ve landed here in the woods of Northern Virginia close to a year now and...
A Goodbye Letter
On Tuesday, May 3, my husband's dear friend of twenty six years took his own life. Even separated by time and distance there are people whose threads are so woven into our every day moments that they exist there almost unseen, until suddenly, the thread is cut....
The Happy Hour, and other things.
Oh friends. I have so much to tell you. (PLEASE PLEASE read all the way through.) First things first. Back in October, 2015, I met the lovely Jamie Ivey on an airplane on the way to Allume. Of course, I had no idea who she was and had never listened to her podcast...
The Month of the Military Child
April is the month of the military child. I have four wild souls populating this space, but my girl, my oldest, she has born the brunt of the choices we make in a way that is both beautiful and heartrending all at once. My husband's last deployment was two years...
A Recovery of Sorts (Part 2).
Read Part 1 on Postpartum Anxiety here. At the beach, I read whole books from cover to cover. We played in the pool. I took the J girl on a bookstore/beach date. (Only the best kind ever). I cooked fresh shrimp. I didn't think about recovery (much), about taking...
On Postpartum Anxiety (and being sort of okay).
(Part 1 of 2 on my postpartum anxiety). It's been quiet here. For good reason though. At least, I think it is. Remember when I told you I wasn't okay? When I said, I like to weave for you my stories that have resolution, that have redemption. But I might...
Resurrection Day 2016
Happy Resurrection Day. I've written this before, but I need reminding. I measure our life often times by the Before and the After. And oh friends, the after is often times a hard place to rest in. But wouldn't you know the in between is bridged by a blood-stained...
Tell Me Your Story
I heard it said recently that we should be wary of sharing our testimony. With all due respect ... I tell you my story because I want you to know my weakness, and His strength. To recount our moments of fear and grief, grace and joy. To sing a song of redemption. ...