Sometimes paying attention makes me a more grateful person. I notice beauty in things like spider webs when I’m gross-sweating on my walk home from the park. So intricate and fragile, yet so strong in purpose. May we be people who are fragile with and compassionate towards ourselves and our people, all the while holding fast in strength to what’s...
As the white blankets begin to thin under the warmth of a nearing sun, and the green pushes up through the soil—once believed never to return—we often feel our hearts, wrapped so tightly in woolen scarves, begin to thaw as well. And before we know it, we’re in the sweltering heat of summer, with flowers blooming, and trees filled again,...
Last night it took me 45 minutes to do bedtime with Esmae. Simply, I was delighting in the squeezing of each dainty little toe, and savoring the tiny, excited, splashes she was making in the warm bathwater. I pulled out the camera and desperately tried to get a photo to document all of the sweetness that she is. Although much...
Happy Thursday, people. I’m not posting this in the morning because, wait for it…my baby girl slept through the night until 5:15, fed and slept again until 7:15! This after a few nights of waking every 1-2 hours, I rightfully took the opportunity to grab a couple extra hours of sleep, but alas, my list: I am thankful for the...
This last week I was fighting for the wrong things. You see, we threw a party for our son’s adoption. I wanted the party to be so cute, themed, and fun. I wanted it to involve all kinds of cute foods, decorations, and most of all the people we love. Somehow in the midst of the planning, my focus was...
This has been a harder week for me. We’re anticipating Martell’s adoption party, so of course that means I’m going to purge the whole house, and clean things I didn’t know were dirty, and prepare for the decorations, the food, the guests, etc. I may take on more than I can chew when preparing for things like this. Maybe one...
A few days ago wound up being 97 degrees with 87% humidity. I may be exaggerating on the humidity part, but let’s just say it was one of those—don’t stand outside for more than thirty seconds or you’ll need to reapply deodorant…again—kinds of days. These are the kinds of days I like iced coffee and to stay fully submerged in...
These past few days I have been mauling over the thought of communal living. While driving on the interstate, while cutting peppers, sipping my morning coffee, brushing my teeth, folding the laundry, and even while picking up the thousandth book from the floor, my mind keeps rolling back to community. I do believe that God is prying open an area...
There has been a streak of days now—two, maybe three, where I’ve just felt off. Surely, you know what I mean. These are the days when waking up is accompanied by the nagging desire to crawl back under the soft sheets and drift back away to some far off land only to wake up again later (whenever later may be)...
Thirteen Things Week 2 Today is week two of sharing thirteen things I love. I hope that this week I get to read more favorite things in the comments—silly and serious. I really enjoyed that! Expressing gratitude grows gratitude, and I need to continue to grow in this area. Here we go: I love birds. I’m not quite sure why....
Hey All, I'm Lindsay. I'm here putting my heart out there for you to read and hopefully be encouraged by. This place here is my life--my parenting, my home, my Jesus, my thoughts about life. I can't wait to get to know you through this sweet and sacred place.