Learning to Take the Long Term View

When I was pregnant with my second child, I vividly remember lacking the vision to imagine life on the other side of my daughter’s impending birth.  I wasn’t even overdue, yet I was so anxious for her arrival — to move on to that next big thing...
You are Already Enough

You are Already Enough

We are back for part two, following a post on why I don’t have it all together and you don’t have to either. Do you ever find yourself surprisingly comforted reading about what it really looks like inside someone else’s life?  I love seeing what...
The Imaginary Woman

The Imaginary Woman

I think of the Imaginary Woman often when I fall short.  I’m not even sure when I first met her, but it was sometime between becoming a mother before I was even close to ready and living as a ‘sometimes single’ mom for seven years. I never meant to...

Some People Think I’m A Writer

My bloggy friends Jen and Candace tagged me in a blog hop about the blogging writing process… So I finally sat down to eek out this post and the irony hits me. The idea that anyone would want to read a post about my “process” kinda cracks me...
Currently {Volume 11} The Grumpy Edition

Currently {Volume 11} The Grumpy Edition

It’s been awhile, so hey … Let’s talk about life currently, shall we? Thinking about // The sad, bad news I got this week that seemed to hang over my head like a dark cloud, all the live long week. Why is it we let things get to us so much, though we...