We all have rough days. You know, those days you wish you could push away and leave behind. As I parent my kids, and especially as I walk through adolescence with my seventh-grade daughter, I'm frequently reminded of the heartache, the unkind friends, and those disappointing moments you wish you could change but can't.... Read More
An Open Letter to Myself
I’m writing the open letter to myself because I really couldn’t sit by passively any longer. I’m very disappointed in you. I’m sad that you don’t treat yourself with more care, that you don’t buy yourself the best and do the very best for YOU. You don’t take time to think through every part of the scenario, but hey, I guess that’s how you learn about YOU.... Read More
Come As You Are [Cover]
I love this Crowder worship song, Come As You Are. We sing this during communion at our church and it always blesses me greatly. I pray it blesses you.... Read More
Come to Me [Original Song]
I recently had the opportunity to share some original music and it inspired me to do some simple video recordings to share with people. This song, which I wrote in 2012, is very special to me for a number of reasons.... Read More
Storybook [Poem]
You were an outsider to me, one whom I did not know. Only a man capable of good works, an excellent teacher.... Read More
7 Summer Parenting Certainties
The hot weather is here and with it are summer parenting certainties that you’ll want to reacquaint yourselves with before the kids get out of school.... Read More
Through the Fog
Traveling over the Sierras can be lovely and beautiful and conversely treacherous depending on the time of the year.... Read More
Saying No to New Opportunities
I did it. I said no. I said no to a really good opportunity that pretty much fell into my lap. It looked good. It appeared lucrative.... Read More
Moving Towards Servant Hospitality
I’m moving towards something God has been pressing down on my heart to pursue: servant hospitality. If you watch any amount of Home and Garden TV (HGTV), you’ll hear people... Read More
Why I Gave Up Makeup for Lent
Several years ago, my family and I had set out on a brief weekend trip to visit my extended family in Reno. Having been in Texas for my grandmother’s memorial... Read More
Wanted: Middle-Aged Mom
Our organization is seeking a highly skilled and talented individual to fill the position of middle-aged mom. This is a contract position that includes work-from-home privileges yet also requires long... Read More
You Can’t ‘Be All You Can Be’
Once the U.S. Army recruiting slogan written to entice people to serve, "Be All You Can Be," has come to embody something very American. It extends beyond the bounds of the military and has trickled into our psyche It plays on FoMO, or Fear of Missing Out. It piggybacks on our relatively recent aspirations as women to achieve in the workplace alongside all the traditional responsibilities that have been ours for thousands of years.... Read More
