“Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.” – Frederick Buechner Last night, as I crawled into bed, I turned on the television. I had been planning to watch a DVR’d episode of The Daily Show, but instead I happened to catch an episode of…
Twice each year, on the Spring and Fall Equinox, the Earth enters a seemingly unattainable stage. That point of solid equilibrium when night equals day, when light equals…
Within each of us, I think, whether we acknowledge it or not, is a secret hidden corner. It’s that place that we enter when life is floating…
“Nothing about parenthood (or life for that matter) is perfect, but truthfully, I wouldn’t want things to be perfect because the messy and complicated imperfect is so much more fun.” I’m writing over at the world-famous (like best-selling author famous!) Scary Mommy website today about letting go of expectations and…
“Check it out,” my friend said. “The boys are going off the high dive.” I stopped watching my younger son, who was splashing in the shallow end of…
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” Dr. Seuss I’ve been thinking a lot about closing doors lately. With my oldest child in first grade and…