Parenting
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So Blessed… AND So Overwhelmed
I am loving my blessed life…ANDI am utterly exhausted and overwhelmed every single day. I love my life. I love to share the moments that I feel most alive and most free…ANDI also spend a lot of time feeling like I want to crawl out of my skin. Literally. It’s a horrid feeling. I don’t… Continue reading
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Dear Younger Me – Wedding Day
August 11, 2001 ~ 25 Years Later Look at you, beautiful girl… so young, so naive, so innocent… so full of hopes and dreams and love and light… The guests are here. The decorations are up. The pastor is waiting. You are preparing to walk down that aisle. And looking back on today, 25 years… Continue reading
20th anniversary, 25th Anniversary, anniversary, blessed, both/and, commitment, compassion, Dear Younger Me, depression, divorce, empathy, freedom, God, God is near, goodness of God, grateful, grief, growth, healing, hope, journey, Joy, light into darkness, love, Parenting, peace, perspective, reflections, thanks, trauma, younger me, younger self -
Summer 2025
Big sigh – summer is over. Friday was my first official day back to work, and students arrive on the 13th. So much to do between now and then… It was my first summer here in Colorado, and I have to say I enjoyed it very much. It was a mix of getting myself and… Continue reading
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Empathy is Not Optional
I wrote the blurb for our newsletter that went out on Valentine’s Day. I wanted to share it here as well: February is known as the month of love. Maybe we could ignore this if we lived somewhere else, but here in Loveland (Colorado) we don’t have that option. Heart sculptures fill the city, and… Continue reading
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New Year, New Word
A recap and looking forward. My word this year is Discovery. What is yours? Continue reading
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