Faith & Community

Grey on Grey

November 1, 2012

I used to live in Bergen County, New Jersey. Laurent was born there. After that we lived in Maine for nearly a decade. Friends of mine are scattered through Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. And Kristen, who I just met last weekend, she lives in a Manhattan ...

The Blessing of a New Home

July 16, 2012

I love our new home. I think it may be the nicest place we've ever lived. Which is ironic considering our housing costs are lower now than they’ve ever been, which has been our goal all along. To lower our housing costs and “buy” ourselves more time. What is doubly ...

Hello April, Please Be Kind

April 4, 2012

I have debated for days whether I should write this post. Every time I sit down to write I have at least ten ideas on the go vying for my attention. So if I take the time to write about how difficult the month of March was those other ideas ...

On Being (and Saturday mornings)

March 31, 2012

On Saturday mornings I make baked apples for my family for breakfast. This is one of our family's food rituals, a touchstone to our week, and I love the comfort and simplicity of it. I drink my coffee. I cut the apples. I kiss and hug my children as they ...

The Weekend Edition ~ Winter Tired

March 3, 2012

I got the beans started cooking on the stove before I sat down this morning. I need to make a batch of chili for an early lunch. No baked apples this morning, not enough time to do both apples and chili, all before 11:00am. The kids are going tubing this ...

Gratitude & Beauty

February 23, 2012

I hadn't planned to post today. In fact, it's 2:30 in the afternoon and I just took a few minutes to clear through my e-mail and thought I should watch the video my mother-in-law sent to me a couple days ago. Do you have 10 minutes? Yes, you do. Do ...