There I was, a scrawny, gangly twelve-year-old, standing with my back pack and tape recorder in front of a house I had never been to before. It was a small ranch house with mint green vinyl siding and white shutters. As my family car pulls out of the drive way, my mom waves goodbye and […]
Sharing Joy and Delight this Summer
I awoke the other morning to the almost frantic chatter of birds outside my bedroom window. They are the earliest sign of spring. They are no longer sleeping, but are busy at work enjoying the full length of the day. All this fluster of activity in the bird world reminds me it is time to […]
The World Needs the Class of 2020
To my graduate. You were three weeks old when I finally summoned the courage to head to the coffee shop. I dreaded trying to make sense of what had happened, but I wanted you to grow into a man of depth, of compassion, of character. In order to love this broken beautiful world, we first […]
Hard-Wired to Follow
Two boys run around the playground equipment skidding on the little wood chips carpeting the ground. They zap, pow, punch, and kick as they zoom about. One is wearing a red cape that flaps in the wind behind him as he flies around with his arms stretched in front of him. The other has on […]
A Taste for Books
When my third child was a toddler, I let her have a short amount of “crib time” each day while I homeschooled my oldest daughter. I turned on a calming CD, tossed some soft toys and board books in, and slipped off while she was playing. It was a great way for me to get […]
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