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As It Is For Spring Flowers, So It Is For Us

Posted on March 20, 2023March 20, 2023

We look at the path we’ve traveled, and we see it littered with the detritus of our mistakes and missteps. But under all that junk? Something new is growing.

Something amazing.

Something unlike you have dared to imagine.

Something akin to a miracle.

The Easy Friend No More

Posted on March 18, 2023March 18, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying it’s hard to be my friend, but instead, I have (some would argue FINALLY) realized I matter and my heart matters. Being the easy friend often made me sad, lonely, and, quite frankly, questioning whether I really had the friendships I thought I did. You know the ones I’m talking about: the friendships that matter–that come from a place of risk and trust and vulnerability that cannot happen in a vaccuum or in isolation.

Crossing Oceans…and Sometimes Not

Posted on July 7, 2021July 7, 2021

Sometime last fall, this quote started circulating on social media, with this edit… At the time, I think I even loved and “AMEN”d the edit. I mean, i get it. Do it. Cross the oceans. Brave the journey, be the person who loves big, who crosses boundaries, who is not confined to how other people…

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A Word to Define a Year

Posted on December 30, 2018December 30, 2018

But, as I thought about 2019 and what I want the next 12 months to look like, one word kept jumping to mind. It wasn’t a word that I at first thought would be challenging. It wasn’t a word that needed to be put out into the universe. But, the more I thought about other words, “harder” words, the more I realized the right word was already there:

Can we stop with the shame game already?

Posted on August 1, 2018August 1, 2018

Have you ever really wanted to write a blog, started it a dozen times, and then not finished? Well, that is how this one has been. It’s something I want to write, but it’s been hard. Hard because there are some emotions involved. Hard because, with time and distance, it seems silly? That’s this post….

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S672 Book Review: Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts

Posted on October 22, 2017

Title: Quiet Power: The Secret Strength of Introverts Author: Susan Cain (with Gregory Mone and Erica Moroz) Illustrator: Grant Snider Publication Info: Dial Books for Young Readers/Penguin Young Readers Group (2016) Suggested Age Range: Grades 5 and up Summary: Susan Cain’s remarkable best-seller, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Won’t Stop Talking, changed…

One Mom Linkup

Posted on August 22, 2016August 19, 2016

It’s finally time to talk about the One Mom Can Change the World book. Written by my friends Amy and Claudia, One Mom is all about encouraging moms to believe in themselves, trust their instincts, rely on God and be ready to be world changers. And, One Mom is a rallying cry for moms everywhere…

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My Boots Are Heavy Today

Posted on June 14, 2016June 14, 2016

When my friend Elizabeth is having a rough day, or when life just generally feels like it’s too much, she will say her boots feel heavy. It’s a reference from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and it makes total sense. Sometimes life feels like too much – so much, in fact, that just walking through…

When Anxiety Attacks, Part Two (AKA What Not To Say)

Posted on May 3, 2016

So yesterday I came clean about my anxiety issues. Which, ironically, caused all sorts of anxiety for a few hours as it published and I fretted over what all my friends and family would think/say/do. Today I just want to talk about what not to say to someone who has anxiety. Yes, all of these…

When Anxiety Attacks, Part 1

Posted on May 2, 2016May 2, 2016

Several years ago, we found a tick on the dog. It was gross and disgusting. Instead of having a normal, rational reaction to said parasite (shuddering, disgust, anger, any number of rational emotions), I remember what I did vividly. I sat in the middle of my living room floor and had a full-blown panic attack….

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