The concept of a Bucket List has always been so fascinating to me. (Perhaps that is the morose and melancholic side of me!) The great thing about a list of goals, dreams, and/or wishes is that it can be changed as you live. The fluidity and flexibility of such a list is what makes it all your…
Category: Personal
Oceans
There is something so spiritual about the ocean. I imagine the hundreds of years full of millions of people who stood on decks searching the horizon for the thin strip of land, a ray of hope, a glimpse of their nearing future. I imagine loved ones who have passed on simply relaxing on the other…
Difficult
I am willing to bet that we have all had one, or more, friends in life that are…well…difficult. Yes, difficult. Not necessarily difficult to love, not necessarily difficult to get along with. Just, difficult. Difficult does not mean that they are mean, or disrespectful, or that you fight all of the time. Difficult means…well, I don’t really…
Holdin’ Holdyn
We celebrated my sweet little girl’s birthday on Saturday. She will officially be two years old on April 12th. How is it that my 8 pounds, 6 ounce bright-eyed baby girl is already about to be two years old? I will write more about her next week, but here is a little ditty I sing to…
Politics
Washington DC is full of politics. My oh my! Want to know what else is full of political people? Church. What I mean by that is the church, like all large gatherings of people, is full of politics and difficult people. I have found that some of the rudest and most judgmental people around are…
Little hearts
As a parent we have all had those moments where sometimes we just want to scream. As a mother with two toddlers in the home, I so get it! However, I know that words and moments like that can never be replayed, can never be bought back and changed. I think I first understand this…
I’m a mom, too.
“I’ve been there. I’m a mom. It gets better. You’re not alone.” I think that may be the greatest things we as mothers can say to our fellow moms out there. I know there have been so many times where I have been overwhelmed, embarrassed, exhausted, drained, angry, heartbroken, stressed, etc. Even in the times…
Like jazz
“There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing. They hang there, the stars, like notes on a page of music, free-form verse, silent mysteries swirling in the blue like jazz. And as I lay there, it occurred to me that God is up there…
A rose by any other name
I love the names we chose for our children. The more I think about it, did we really choose them or is that who they were always supposed to be? So much time goes into picking a name. Some people have names for their future children only to find out that as we get older,…