by admin | Oct 9, 2021 | a mom's life, poems, reflections
How is it that I studied my children at every age,drank in their constant remaking,yet missed my own?Meanwhile, I too was being remadewith my own fleeting epochs. Fresh faced, dewy eyed twentiesWriting…directing…starring inthe Movie of My LifeNo hurdle too...
by admin | Feb 1, 2021 | a mom's life, marriage, reflections
Milestones matter. As the designated Keeper of the Firsts and the Lasts in my family, I love reflecting on our journey, remembering what God has brought us through. Five years ago, I found a lump in my neck. I found it and promptly forgot about it because I...
by admin | Jul 8, 2020 | guest posts, marriage, reflections
Sometimes you meet someone—even virtually—who feels like a friend from the start. I had the joy of writing a guest post for Betsy Pendergrass of gatheringaround.com. Betsy and her husband, Taylor, have cultivated a beautiful site focused on hospitality and...
by admin | Jun 21, 2020 | reflections
I had the blessing of my father in my life until I was 14, just about to enter 10th grade. That summer he suffered a sudden fatal heart attack. I’ve now lived many more years without than with him, but recently I’ve been writing down memories of life with him. What I...
by admin | Jun 10, 2020 | guest posts, reflections
Recently I had the privilege of writing a short piece for Abigail Rehmert, a writer I met through hope*writers. That post came at a crucial time, when quarantine had been under way for weeks stretching into months, our business had dropped off drastically, and I was...
by admin | Jun 3, 2020 | poems, reflections
As the daughter of an Asian father and a German–American mother, I can’t pretend to understand what it’s like to be a black adult in the U.S. today, to live with the possibility of being presumed guilty until proven innocent, or to instruct my teenage sons in how to...
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