(Beyond the home) Work & Career

Build up to The Breaking

October 10, 2016

I hadn't intended to tell the story of The Breaking in the context of vocation and work, but it's the story that has bubbled to the surface in many posts and has been told in bits and pieces, through direct and indirect means, over many months.

Vocation, Marriage, and Work: An introduction

October 5, 2016

We had a plan. We married and created a family. I stayed home to raise the kids. Damien worked to support us. And then life and living took us on paths we couldn't have imagined.

A working vacation (and feeding piglets)

July 19, 2016

I wasn't expecting this trip out west to be vacation. When our friends in Montreal found out we were traveling for 6 weeks I was clear that this wasn't a vacation, it was a trip.

Summer Intentions

July 6, 2016

We arrived in Montana late Sunday night, after driving west for days on I-94. The air was redolent with pine, the stars bright in the wide open sky. The space felt warm, open, relaxed.

On becoming a relationship-focused professional blogger

March 1, 2014

Watching the way things have unfolded in our work over the past few months, seeing some stuff come together that we have been building for years, has given me a new perspective on professional blogging.

One Day at a Time

February 21, 2014

If we don't live one day at a time we will be overcome with all that must be done and lose the focus and energy we need to do the things that are within our power right now.