The Road Less Traveled

  It's been on my mind a lot lately--our last Ash Wednesday service.  Not the one we just celebrated where my husband and I wrapped...

We finally got snow--the wonderful kind where you forget your 40-something life with its demands and obligations and responsibilities.  T...

     This is the word.  TRUST.  The one that will order my unfolding self in this year--heart, soul, mind, strength.  I chose it--o...

I have this collection of watches.  I'm not sure why I keep them.  It's not like I will use them.  It's not like I can even w...

Sunday morning was a perfect morning for a run--about 35°, no wind, sun shine gentle on my face.  To run in weather like that is bliss: no...

I didn't realize until I was well into my adult years that hospitality is one of my core values.  Mostly because I never envisioned...

Early in December my youngest son and I found ourselves quietly alone in the house.  The big boys were off somewhere with their Daddy, an...

I am in an Advent kind of mood.   Sorry.   Christmas is lost on me this year.   I don’t feel merry and bright.   I can’t really even ex...

My youngest son will be in his first concert tomorrow!  The three year olds at his preschool are doing a Christmas program for the paren...

Just days ago we celebrated my youngest son's fourth birthday.  He is a delight and a treasure and a sweet surprise of Grace that ble...