-
It’s been an intense spring, one marked by necessary cuts. Some are exciting and liberating and others are more raw, but all are ultimately for the better.
Like many of you, I suspect, I ofte n...
» Read more
-
I’ve been pretty quiet lately. I have some updates I’ll post later this week, but today seemed like a great day to look at (Weekly) Grace in Small Things.
--My husband had to work today, so...
» Read more
-
The last conversation we had with my grandmother began like this:
“It’s Easter! Have you eaten yet for the holiday?” We had to strain to hear her through the oxygen mask over her fa ce...
» Read more
-
While saving a podcast I created for my students the other day, I inadvertently clicked on another item in my iTunes folder: my daughter’s first cry, recorded with my husband’s iPhone the moment...
» Read more
-
I had big plans for Spring Break—fun activities and play dates with my daughter, final round revisions, finishing the drafts of multiple blog posts, spring cleaning, etc. Instead, the week of Sp ring...
» Read more
-
When I was in graduate school, I wrote a novel. It wasn’t particularly good, and it won’t ever see the light of day now that workshop days are over, but there was one section in one chapte r...
» Read more
-
So often lately I can’t seem to get out of my own way. I have these ideas for posts and write them in my head and know just how they should go, the points they should cover and the links and res ources...
» Read more
-
Weekly Grace 3
(Also known as the better late than never edition):
1. So I mention deadlines a lot but the deadline is approaching in just a few days, and as I am in the thick of it, my husband has been...
» Read more
-
Fridays feel like a good day to take stock—the grind of the week is behind me, the promise of the weekend and all I want to fit into it is just ahead. So, small things that have an impact today: 1...
» Read more
-
Taking the lead from Rachel, I thought I’d try doing Grace in Small Things. Realistically I can probably only do it weekly, but it’s a start, and it’s a nice way to be appreciative o f...
» Read more