The Coffee Monologues | #03
There’s really nothing like a Starbucks out, except maybe a Starbucks in. I’ve upped my coffee intake since starting that…
Family Stories
Day-by-day, moment-by-moment, a family is built by the stories it creates and the stories it shares. These are some of ours.
The Coffee Monologues | #02
Have you gone to Starbucks for a Pumpkin Spice latte yet? No? You should. ASAP. Nothing says fall like a…
Surviving Breast Cancer, BRCA1, and What We Can Do
For a very long time, breast cancer was something that affected other people. It existed, but in a reality parallel to my…
The Coffee Monologues | #01
I feel like it’s been a while since we last chatted. Meet me at a Starbucks? Or would you rather…
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Zucchini Bread in the Kitchen at the end of Summer
Growing up, Mom always kept a garden. At the end of summer, when the zucchini’s were plump and ripe she…
Church Family
It happens most when my brother and sister-in-law are in town, sitting in the same row as a big family,…
To Elijah, on your first and last day of Preschool
There was a day not that long ago, that I sat at the kitchen table looking over your bouncer, wondering…
Best. Night. Ever.
I honestly didn’t know if this morning would ever come. It took 2-1/2 years, one surgery, and lots and lots…
sheltered
There is a prayer that’s been rolling around my heart of late, right out of Psalm 17 – Keep me as the apple…
Finding Silly
We were four of the 20,000 crazy people who descended on Bourbonnais for Bears practice last Sunday. The boys and…