Begin Something
As we wait for my husband and daughter to return for their mission trip, we reflect on our spring break week of being together: we baked and visited friends, we traveled to neighboring towns, we shopped and ate at a restaurant or two, entertained neighbors, new friends, and old friends, and accepted invitations for adventures. […]
Ordinary Thanks
This morning I rejoiced in ordinary neighborhood living that makes my heart explode with delight. I walked my neighbor’s dog (the one named Peanut who looks just like a peanut) in the fresh snowfall and laughed at how the falling snow made a coat of cottony white that he didn’t shake off. Happy dogs in […]
Small Things, Barely There
When you walk in the early morning, you hear all the birds. And if you seek the origin of the beautiful songs, you find that the loudest songs that carry over the whole neighborhood come from the tiniest birds. The small, hidden thing up in those branches, barely there, proclaims. With apparently no relation to […]
An Explanation: Disruption Will Come!
I apologize for the missing blog posts these past few days! My site was moving to a new hosting service, and with these sorts of things come disruption and lost posts. I’ve learned it’s all part of growth and good movement. Disruption, it seems, has become a theme in my life and in the lives […]