When You’re Stretched Too Thin {+ a Giveaway!}

Recently I shared an article on social media about the exhaustion of being the “Primary Parent.” That parent on those school or camp or dance or doctor’s forms (ALL THOSE NEVER ENDING FORMS). Those forms where my name goes in this space:

CONTACT #1. MOTHER.

The weight of it is real. It’s only a couple months […]

On Beholding and Becoming {+ a Giveaway!}

A few years ago, I was caught up in a friend’s project, as she identified beauty around her. Beauty that others might not see. Beauty in what is considered “not beautiful” – things like our grey hair, things we try to ignore, or cover-up.

The reality is, we’re surrounded by beauty – miraculous beauty – […]

On Identity {+ a Giveaway!}

When we welcomed our daughter home 6 years ago, my identity changed in ways I didn’t even realize. We walked into a room and they called me mom, for the very first time, without a nine-month maternity lead-up, and I got a new name. Adoption is a weird thing – you become an instant […]

On Lockdown

In the last weeks of Kindergarten, our sweet girl came home from school talking about a different kind of “fire drill” they’d had at school. I was confused about what it was, as she tried to explain it. Turns out, it wasn’t a fire drill at all.

Their school had to do a lockdown drill. […]