From February 1, 2021 So the kids and I are driving home today and it's *that* time of day. 4:45-ish in the afternoon. All coping skills...

From January 30, 2021 Hey, my sweet friends. In the vein of willingly inhabiting the space within our limits (see my post from yesterday...

From January 29, 2021 Hi loves. An excited, warm WELCOME to you lovely new faces ‘round here. I like you so much already.😊 It is...

(a poem-prayer, to be found where the father is) A father's heart embraces his son still mid-run, still a long way off. A father's heart...

From January 27, 2021 A few days ago, I somehow got into a conversation with my 10-year-old son (who has developmental disabilities but...

--Mary Oliver From January 26, 2021 Every day I see or I hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a...

From January 25, 2021 So, the story on this ol' house. (Well, *my* story on it, anyway.) I drive by it two or three times a week on the...

(A poem-prayer for your weekend) From January 23, 2021 God, May my heart persevere to hold space for the hurting. May my eyes be warm...

From January 22, 2021 Hi friends! Lots of new faces here (👋🏼) so thought I’d Friday-introduce myself today — which, if I’m honest, is...

From January 19, 2021 This was the most genuinely afraid I have ever been while photographing an abandoned property. Obviously I’m still...

When life has dealt one brutal blow after the next, after still the next, and circumstances might finally be looking up a bit but you’re...

“Until further notice, celebrate everything.” . I have no idea who first said that, but it’s when I forget to consciously live that way...

From January 16, 2021 Hi, my friends. Happy glorious winter Saturday. It can be glorious regardless of almost everything, ya know....

From January 14, 2021 We traipse bleary-eyed out to the car, parked out front -rather than garaged- to give the workmen uninterrupted...

From January 14, 2021 With respect And reverence That the unknown Between us Might flower Into discovery And lead us Beyond The familiar...

From January 1, 2021 Stan reminded me this morning that at the end of Daring Greatly, Brene Brown yells at her notes, “If the critics’...

December 30, 2020 One year ago found me feeling excruciatingly lost. The pieces of me shattered and scattered. My identity still...

From December 26, 2020 I keep having these conversations lately with one of my kids. They go like this: . Me: “No emotion is bad. Anger,...

Hey y'all. It's me. I haven't done one of these in a while, and there are some new folks 'round here (Hiii! I'm so very grateful for your...

From December 15, 2020 “Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That's...