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I was talking to the kids this week in preparation for Braun starting pre-k in a couple of weeks. We talked about making new friends and being kind. Then I brought up how there will be all kinds of kids and how important it is to be kind to everyone, even people who are differentContinue reading “We All Have the Same Feet”

For most of my life, I would have told you I hated how I looked. Maybe it’s on society and unrealistic standards. Maybe it’s on comments that I can still remember being made growing up…sometimes about me but mostly people talking badly about themselves. Maybe it was my perpetually landing in “the friend zone.” MaybeContinue reading “Talking Body Image”

Today marks 41 years of marriage for my parents. Where she stood up in her $50 dress for Sears and he slipped a sort-of-unsuccessfully-used-by-his-cousin set of rings on her finger. Forty-one years of my mom getting up early to make his sandwich before he leaves for work. Forty-one years of him rubbing her shoulders andContinue reading “41 Years”

Before we were married and before we were Mama, my cousin Whitney was my favorite travel partner. We’ve seen the lights in Times Square and biked the Golden Gate Bridge. We’ve had gelato in Roma, swam with the fish in Cozumel, and learned about a dessert called Coupe Denmark in Switzerland. We drank too muchContinue reading “Our Greatest Adventure”

I met my friend Amy when we were both summer law clerks at the same firm in San Fransisco. We had approximately nothing in common. Different backgrounds, interests, thoughts on eating meat, political beliefs, family lives, faiths… Fortunately, we did both like smart ass comments, food, running, and adventures. Oh, and bacon, because even aContinue reading “The Gift of Our Differences”

I’m currently going through the She Reads Truth summer Bible study in women and men in the New Testament and I love it. Each day has curated scripture passages about particular people in the Bible plus a short devotional. Additionally, each Monday there is a podcast where they discuss the coming week’s reading. As youContinue reading “It’s Okay To Be a Martha”

This post contains some affiliate links. So if you’re ordering anyway, might as well use them and shoot a few cents my way! I thought I’d do a little series of posts on what I’ve been doing the last 4 months of quarantine. Let’s kick it off with what I’ve bought. Air Frier Lid forContinue reading “Quarantine Shopping”

Recently, following the deaths of Ahmaud Arbury, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, it feels like a real turning point in our country when it comes to racial reconciliation. We have seen protests. Riots. Speeches. Sermons. Conversations. Free movies on Amazon Prime. Books on this topic by black authors on best seller lists. And what I’veContinue reading “I Have a Lot to Learn”

Tonight, the kids set up a camp site in the front yard. When they asked me to come watch the sunset and see the moon, I almost said no. I had paperwork to finish, dishes to wash, and a house to pick up. I’m so behind that I’ll never catch up. And then I feltContinue reading “So We Laid in the Grass”

Every once in a while, I feel like I have a moment to just catch my breath. To sit and think and pray and just be. It doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, it feels like holy ground. Tonight the house was dark and silent. The kids and the cat were all sleepingContinue reading “A Moment of Rest”