I am in the valley. And not the bad one where vultures are circling and dying to stab out my eyes with their…beaks? Do vultures have beaks? I don’t know. I only went to private school for a million years. But a valley no less. I am grateful. I say it over and over again, […]

I am in the valley. And not the bad one where vultures are circling and dying to stab out my eyes with their…beaks? Do vultures have beaks? I don’t know. I only went to private school for a million years. But a valley no less. I am grateful. I say it over and over again, […]

I’ve been doing this all wrong. In my own self-centered way, I’ve been raising my daughter in my image. I’m not good at the letting go, the giving up. The watching as control slips its hand out of my own. She’s not me. And I am not God. I’ve had a renewal in my faith […]

I’ve been doing this all wrong. In my own self-centered way, I’ve been raising my daughter in my image. I’m not good at the letting go, the giving up. The watching as control slips its hand out of my own. She’s not me. And I am not God. I’ve had a renewal in my faith […]

I wasn’t going to write today. I’ve been too busy dancing with a demon and crying at very inopportune times, like driving towards incoming traffic and pretending I’m singing my favorite Hanson song to throw off the faces speeding towards me. These? They aren’t tears. They’re mmmbops. But then my father called. And after I […]

I wasn’t going to write today. I’ve been too busy dancing with a demon and crying at very inopportune times, like driving towards incoming traffic and pretending I’m singing my favorite Hanson song to throw off the faces speeding towards me. These? They aren’t tears. They’re mmmbops. But then my father called. And after I […]

My daughter wants to be a detective when she grows up. This means she’ll have to be a police officer first. It’s taken everything in me not to shout, “Do you even watch the news??” Which would be a moot point considering I already know she doesn’t. Also, I don’t either. But the blaring screens […]

My daughter wants to be a detective when she grows up. This means she’ll have to be a police officer first. It’s taken everything in me not to shout, “Do you even watch the news??” Which would be a moot point considering I already know she doesn’t. Also, I don’t either. But the blaring screens […]

Last Sunday, my husband and I were asked to pray over marriages in our congregation. The idea was perplexing. Me? The closet lunatic that I am? The woman who sometimes tears up mid-sip of her tea feeling like her plight in the world is to live like Jeremiah, lamenting societal woes, and yet still brushing […]

Last Sunday, my husband and I were asked to pray over marriages in our congregation. The idea was perplexing. Me? The closet lunatic that I am? The woman who sometimes tears up mid-sip of her tea feeling like her plight in the world is to live like Jeremiah, lamenting societal woes, and yet still brushing […]