- Snatching the Weekend from Defeat
- It’s Getting Hairy
My tools are out, drafted for duty into the unjust Hair War: shampoo, conditioner (wash-out and leave-in), combs, various brushes, and the blow dryer—silent, they stand ...
- More than Apple Pie
God help me, I wish I’d never started that pie.
If I hadn’t been convinced my worth could be found and sifted together ...
- The Fruit-Bearing Tree
I stand at the granite surface of the kitchen island, chopping kielbasa into coins and feeding dry spaghetti noodles through each smoky disc for a dish ...
- No Bandwidth for Family
We moved from the old house—the only house our big kids had ever known—to have a basement like the one we have now. There was more ...
- Prepared for the Pandemic
I say I’m a pinball, and I’m glad the machine belongs to God. I can look back and see that when I started dreaming about things ...
- Finding My Thanksgiving
This year, I faced strange challenges in my role as mother and trainer of children. The whisper came back: Is another child of mine being mistreated ...
- Impossible
“Ignorant” is actually the appropriate denotation – the definition of the idea that No One gave us all the things we have. That Nobody made all the things ...
- I Have Feelings, Mama
I honestly forget who I am sometimes. I think I’m a writer. But writing’s ✍🏽 something I can do. I think of myself as “Mom,” ...
- God Loves What Drives You Nuts
God loves the people that annoy me. Do you know that God loves the people who annoy you?
There was this lady I ...
- It’s Getting Hairy
Storytelling