From Failure to Flourish
From Failure to Flourish If I seem like I am writing a great deal about parenting lately, it’s because…well…I am. I can’t help it. It is where I’m living......
When Your Daughter is a Warrior
When Your Daughter is a Warrior The set of her jaw. The solid confidence in her gait. The determined, if not fierce, look in her eyes when faced with......
It Really Is That Simple
It Really Is That Simple “What makes you so different?” she asked, not the least bit trying to offend. With a furrowed brow, she leaned in, genuinely wanting to......
Toward Trusting
Toward “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the......
Turning the Tables
Turning the Tables “Aren’t you afraid?” she whispered, not the least bit ashamed to ask. I just smiled. “No…not anymore,” I answered, not the least bit hesitant. As she......
Perspective
Perspective Perspective. Such a good word. Something we all crave and even pray for. I know I do. Yet, it is something that can get so easily lost. At......
Losing Control
Losing Control …and it’s actually a good thing Hey, listen…I like order. I just do. I like predictable. Ducks in a row. I like to prepare for what is......
Redefining Spaces
Redefining Spaces About three years ago, our family changed. I changed. The diagnosis caught each of us a bit off guard. We had our rhythm and we liked it......
He Comes Close
He Comes Close The way that enormous flag looked hanging from the overpass still lingers in my memory. The breeze was still that afternoon, even if our emotions were......
Remembering
Remembering No one ever starts out with a goal to “go small.” No way. It’s a “Go BIG or go home” society we live in, right? More. Bigger. Better.......