pursuer of deep soul joy.

One of the best things I ever read in a “be a better wife” book was that, just as we can practice joy, we can also practice bitterness. I think that was so helpful for me because it is so easy to begin to practice bitterness without even realising it, and identifying this as a […]

when a+b=q

I am really bad at math. I can do the basic, day to day type stuff, but anything more than that I am hopeless at. I have great respect for people who can keep all the letters and numbers and equations straight. I do know, however, that math produces measurable results. That a+b=c. It’s pretty […]

praising in the shadows.

I know that I have talked about my parenting struggles here, I have talked about my personal short comings. I have talked about frustrations with my daughter’s complicated medical history, I have talked about my continued journey on the path to learning more about God. And while I know that there is enough “real life” […]

the best grace.

Is it just me, or is raising kids these days harder than it was for our parents? Maybe it just feels that way because I have switched roles; from child to parent. I can see the pitfalls and challenges of this world, the million ways it could all go wrong. It is so hard to […]