amazing you
One in four-hundred-trillion. Or something like that. Those are the odds of you being born, so they say. Really. Really? […]
today is tomorrow
It’s 2019. Finally. Seriously, is it just me? Or is everyone else kinda sorta glad that 2018 is finally put […]
my year of now
Yeah, so 2018 turns itself in in four days, and 2019 gets the spotlight and me? Well, I’m wondering what […]
what a Shepherd does
I’ve been going to the same exact musical every year for the past fifteen years. Maybe more. The cast changes […]
cross my heart
It’s relentless, this rain. Has been all night. Buckets coming down, washing away the last of the snow and I […]
when christmas is hard
I don’t know how to make the uncomfortable comfortable, never mind joyful, which is what Christmas by all rights ought […]
new beginnings
Blue screen. White font. Big letters, right there in the middle of the blue. Impossible to miss. “67 percent complete” […]
grace, everywhere
Happy, happy, happy Monday! There’s a fresh coat of snow outside my door and a fresh calendar page in front […]
how to make this the best Christmas ever
How to make this the best Christmas ever? Maybe… 1…relax. Your expectations, that is. Those demands that you put on […]
when you really don’t want to let go
Have kids, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. Well, and it was. Is. Amazing. Life-changing. Delightful and challenging and […]
the sacred in the secular
“There is nothing so secular that it cannot be sacred, and that is one of the deepest messages of the […]
what grace does
It’s all so improbable, this grace thing. Looking for it. Finding it (mostly when you’re not looking, and mostly in […]
how kindness changes us
So yeah, December 10th. And yeah, busy. You too? All of us, maybe. Or maybe just most of us are […]
if all you did today was survive?
And if all you did today was survive this day – you’re doing great. Really. And really? We all have […]
there are no mistakes
You’ve heard it, no doubt. That advice, wisdom I guess, that coaches and teachers and motivational speakers like to give […]
brilliant at being you
I’ve taken to listening to Christmas records in the afternoons lately. Okay, this is not so surprising, since it’s December. […]
your beautiful story
There are, in my not at all calculated or based on any real evidence opinion, approximately a hundred-thousand-gazillion products that […]
when you need to make space for the things that really matter
It’s December 3rd and already my to-do list is three pages long. Typed. Single spaced. 10 point font. There’s not […]
one day or day one
I always remember this quote on the first day of a new month, whether it’s January 1st or June 1st […]
simply noticing grace
What is today, but tomorrow’s yesterday? Cute saying, but what – if anything – can it teach us? Well, if […]