The Secret Community You Might Want to Join
This morning, at 5:30 AM, I discovered the secret community of Those Who Rise Early. I can’t believe this world exists. There I am, alarm going off, pulling on work-out clothes and stumbling to the driveway, when all of a sudden, I look around. At the unnatural hour of 5:30 AM, there are actual people […]
7 Dreams for Your Future
Today I had an unusual writing task: I was to write a blessing of sorts for the doctoral and master’s students that were leaving our Christian graduate student community to launch their careers. I imagined what I would tell my own children as they started careers. I imagined all the things I would want for […]
The Blessing We Need
A girl with a stuffed unicorn stood by the restrooms at church this morning. I’ve been seeing unicorns everywhere, and each time, I have a little flair moment. Here’s why. I learned recently that a gathering of unicorns is called a blessing. I just love that. Animal groups have some strange names. Alligators are a […]
The Best Definition of Courage
My daughter and I were talking about taking her training wheels off and learning to ride a bike. She became very quiet and said, “You know, Mom, little hills mean little boo-boos. And big hills mean big boo-boos.” I said, “So I guess you want to avoid the big hills on your bike.” She paused […]
The Extra Chair Revolution
A revolutionary is a person who actively participates in a revolution. A revolution, I just read, is defined as: a drastic and far-reaching change of thought and behavior. Defined this way, I like to think about my search for daily flair as a revolution for me. It’s a daily choice to find the good, the […]
Sound the Alarm!
Apparently, word spread that I wasn’t in church yesterday. “What did you tell people?” I asked my husband. I was in bed, still in my pajamas, destined for the flu. “That you were tired, really stressed-out, and probably getting sick,” he said. Meanwhile, he collected the children to take them to an afternoon movie […]
The Double Dutch Challenge
I learned Double Dutch with the neighborhood children. I did it. Seriously, I did. It was a community effort. One mom bought the jump ropes at a sporting goods store, one mom offered her vague memories of how to do it, and one mom agreed to turn the ropes with me. We read an instruction […]