The presidential election has left me feeling anxious like nothing else this year, and since we all know what this year has entailed in general, that’s saying a lot. I get nervous thinking about what our country might look like after the next four years. I honestly start to panic if I think about it… Continue reading In God We Trust
Now that fall is here, I am enjoying all the seasonal scents. I have made muffins and stovetop chai a few times, and although it still feels like summer beyond my front door, I have even burned candles a few times—ones with names like mulled cider and harvest spice. Yesterday I burned my oakwood spice… Continue reading Fragrant
Photo by Sergio Souza from Pexels I read an ominous article several days ago. Or, better put, I read it halfway through—it was too disturbing to finish. The article was about a group of young ladies from the early 1900s that worked in a factory in New Jersey. Their job was to paint the face… Continue reading Poison
Liam and I sometimes play a game on our morning walks, unbeknownst to him. We generally play it when he takes rocks from his “rock collection” with us. When this happens, I try to leave as many rocks as I can alongside the pathway where Liam got them in the first place. Liam, on the… Continue reading Rock Collections
Liam woke up before 6 a.m. for a good chunk of the summer, and it was rough! The first week was especially brutal. I felt groggy most days and had to go to bed early out of sheer exhaustion. With new nap problems on top of this, I didn’t have any time to myself. I… Continue reading Love Keeps No Record of Wrongs
“Happy Jesus Day!” my son exclaimed to me a few mornings ago in his little toddler voice. I reveled in the cuteness of those words rolling off his lips. It was a phrase I had never heard before, and it was especially precious to hear my son say it since it centered on Jesus. After… Continue reading Happy Jesus Day
When I took this picture, I could see hints of a rainbow lining the opening of these clouds. It was a good reminder that God is often working in ways beyond what we can understand or see. As I was driving home from the grocery store several weeks ago, I felt sad once again over… Continue reading We’re Asking the Wrong Question
I took a picture of this same scene in March, when the plants were lush and green. I knew they wouldn’t stay that way for long. It’s really dry here, and the summer gets too hot for much to stay green without some tender care. Just a few short months later, I snapped the scene… Continue reading Living Water
Liam and I skipped our daily walk a few days ago, but when we resumed it the following morning, I was delighted to see that all of the green bushes bordering the pathway were bursting forth in full color with hundreds of tiny, purple blossoms. It was a good reminder to me that life doesn't… Continue reading Blooming Bushes
Photo taken from Pixabay If I had to choose a word to describe this year so far, it would be breath. It has undoubtedly been the greatest determining factor as to how we have experienced these last eight months worldwide. Because the coronavirus is thought to be spread by inhaling the respiratory particles of an… Continue reading Breathe
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