Midlife
A summer of resiliency and why I'm still a Christian
June 24, 2020
As pandemic spring bleeds into pandemic summer I'm digging deep into my spiritual and emotional reserves, into the knowing I've developed through years of living - that we're going to get through this. It's going to be messy, we're going feel crappy about a lot of things, but we will get through.
*Building Sanctuary throughout a lifetime
May 11, 2020
Sanctuary is the name of my parent's home on the LaHave River. Sanctuary describes both the soul of the place and the meaning of home. Home, not as a structure or a particular location, but as a place where relationships are built and sustained, where family can always find refuge.
Own it. Like a mother.
February 17, 2020
It seems I've lost my confidence in my myself as my kids have grown older. A confidence I need to re-discover as I leave the nest, post-homeschooling.
Losing faith to find Love
December 6, 2019
A story of courage and hope, of finding faith by losing faith. And learning how to really love people (including ourselves) for who they are and not what they believe.
I have a dream (maybe, kinda, sorta?)
November 22, 2019
I don't have the same conviction I once did about dreams and pursuing dreams. Maybe it's just middle age.
The hidden work of nurturer, caregiver, mother, healer, and homemaker
November 15, 2019
Maybe in our openness to another's experience, to listen without selfish purpose or aim, we can make a hallow space for our common dreams, hopes and joys; fears, feelings of inadequacy, and struggles.
Second Bloom Conversation with Bethany Lee
October 4, 2019
“I didn't have to be the center of my family life anymore and I didn't get to be the center”.
