My True North

My True North

On dark nights as we sit on the porch at the cabin, things feel still and quiet, and the stars shine bright. Constellations change throughout the year, as proved true by my college astronomy project where we tracked them with a pencil on the back of a pizza box on an...
How To Maintain Your Connection

How To Maintain Your Connection

My youngest wanted to try his bike without training wheels. It had been a long day and he needed to hear a “Yes,” so we headed outside to the field to give it a go. As Teddy’s eyes focused on the tree line ahead of him he started to pedal quickly, and he was doing it!...
Big Dreams

Big Dreams

Time seems to be relative, and this is especially true for young kids.  As the school year comes to a close, I can’t figure out where it went…yet my kids think that a single-digit number of days is an eternity. This morning after dropoff Samantha asked me...
This Is May

This Is May

I may have had too many kids. I’m not quite sure what to do about it, and couldn’t tell you which one I would vote off the island, but I’m just saying this past week I felt like I may have had too many. Somewhere between the start of baseball and the unending lists of...
Somedays You Just Need a Re-do

Somedays You Just Need a Re-do

Last week I had a few really hard days. I would like to think that I am the only one who has tough days and that all of you reading this have no idea what I’m talking about, but unfortunately, we all have bad days, don’t we?  Our Facebook and Instagram...
Could God Feel Like Home?

Could God Feel Like Home?

God is big and expansive and powerful. That is true. But when His expansiveness makes Him feel distant, then that truest truth becomes untrue. God wants to make His home in our hearts and we can experience Him as our home. When we do He becomes the place where we...