At 10:30 pm a year ago today I look at my husband while leaning over our bed, breathing deep, and said to him, “We’re not going to make it!!” I was in labor. I knew this was it! Our girl was coming. And while I knew I was in labor, I could also tell that this… Read More The Difference a Day Makes: A Control Freak Learning a Lesson in Giving up Control
“Just give me a moment.” I say it all the time to my kids. My kids who always seem to have an urgent need that can’t wait. “Mom! MOM! Where are you?” And I think, “Can’t I just have a moment here please.” I’m usually in the middle of something… making dinner, trying to stay… Read More Take a Moment
So, I am training for a half marathon. There. I’ve said it. It’s out there now. I have been toying with the idea for a while. One of those turning 40 things that people seem to be doing these days. But I’ve held the idea close to me. Because you see if I tell other… Read More You Are Farther Along than You Think: A Lesson from a Glitch in the Matrix
She screamed the first six months of her life any time she touched the water. This wasn’t a little protest. She screamed at the top of her lungs. She screamed that baby cry that sounds so desperate. You would think we were giving her a shot every time we tried to bathe her. I thought… Read More Loved Poured Out When We are Unaware: A Born and Raised Baptist’s Reflections on Why I Practice Infant Baptism
