A Better Motto Than Live, Laugh, Love
To be filled with wonder, we must first be humble creatures who believe it worth our time to bend low to examine this world, to get into the grit of it, and see it for what it truly is
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Things I Learned from Rural Living
Whenever we’ve looked for a new house, a big yard for my children always remains on my list of “non-negotiables.” Both my husband and I grew up with not only large yards but access to the forest without any houses in sight the moment we stepped out of the back door. This gave both of…
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The People Who Cultivated My Imagination
Sometimes I forget that my imagination didn’t form itself. I didn’t come from a family of writers, so at times it’s easy to look at authors who do and think about what an upper hand they had on me. But now I’m beginning to wonder if it’s less about what kind of people we were…
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Learning to Give Space for Imagination
Each night after supper, we gather our three toddlers, lace up our sneakers, and walk down to the old railroad tracks. My husband pushes the twins in our double stroller and I push the four-year-old on his tricycle, and we bump along down the path through potholes, puddles, and large rocks. On the way home,…
