13 Oct Lost and Found
It was a lazy Saturday and we were about to leave the house to join some neighbors on an apple picking trip. I asked my daughter Abigail to bring her bunny Fuzzy inside so that we could head out. A few moments later, I heard...
16 Apr Careless in the Care of God
The moon cast a soft glow off my son's small face, which wore a concerned look as I tucked him into bed. "Mom, if we take Fuzzy to Chicago with us, what will happen if he doesn't know where he is and tries to go...
31 Dec Reflections on 2020
Tomorrow we will turn the page on a calendar into a new year. Perhaps this year more than any in our lifetime, we sense the need for a clean page and a new start. And yet the turn of the page on a calendar does not...
20 Nov Held by Christ’s Love
A few weeks ago, I experienced a time of shaking when, on a short trip to our family cabin in North Carolina (my favorite get away location!) we found out that my mother had tested positive for COVID-19. We happened to be out at a local...
15 May The Beauty in Our Scars
Recently I wrote about how my nine year old daughter banged her forehead into the corner of a kitchen cabinet and had to get stitches. A few days before her stitches were to come out, I mentioned that after the injury was fully healed, we...
02 May I Will Love You, O Lord My Strength
I sat quietly in my bedroom trying to catch a few quiet moments alone for prayer when I heard my daughter's scream. It wasn't the "I'm angry at my brother" scream, but the kind that sends chills down any mom's spine - the "I've been...
24 Apr The Song of Springtime
This past Saturday, we left our house in the car for the first time in a week. I commented to my husband how odd it felt to be in the car at all, but we had a mission - we wanted to go on a...
03 Apr A Time to Build Up
About a week has passed now since the state of Maryland where I live issued orders for us to stay at home except for essential outings such as grocery shopping or taking walks to get exercise. It has been much longer, though, since our schools...
27 Mar Yet I Will Rejoice
If you are like most Americans right now, many conversations you have will tend to be dominated by COVID-19 or COVID-19 related concerns. Even for those of us who are taking extra measures to distance ourselves not just from people but from an excess amount...
13 Mar Shape Your Worries into Prayers
I sit in the Asian Collection at the National Arboretum in Washington D.C, my "go to" place for quiet and reflection. I sit quietly among the birds chirping and the flowers budding and blooming. The calming sounds of nature all around remind me of Jesus's...