If you’ve been tuning into this blog, you know that I’ve been hosting an online version of Beth Moore’s Bible study, Living Beyond Yourself. We’re now in Week Eight of the ten-week session and I feel like we’ve been in a marathon, one we were not necessarily fully prepared for, and we’re limping our way […]
November 6, 2011
I am now entering Day Four of a family vacation to Chattanooga and Gatlinburg and I am learning by this experience that nothing will try your patience like your own children. I mean, we’re having a blast– swimming in hotel pools, eating lots of ice cream, giggling our way through mirror mazes, shopping for souvenirs, […]
October 18, 2011
Right around the time I turned thirty, I learned to apologize. I learned to apologize even for things that weren’t entirely my fault. I learned to apologize knowing full well that the other person probably wouldn’t return the favor for his or her part in the mess. I learned to apologize even though it was […]
October 4, 2011
Rejection. Even the word makes me cringe inside. If we let ourselves think long enough about who has rejected us in our lifetimes, most of us could easily crawl back in bed and cry all day long. And each of us can trace that rejection back to a different source, whether it’s a boyfriend, husband, […]
September 20, 2011
Motherhood does strange things to the brain. Having a baby turns the mind to mush right at the beginning, as many of you can attest, but I think that’s because a mother’s brain radically alters after her first child is born. It divides, segments, and begins to operate not for one person’s day-to-day existence, but […]
September 6, 2011
