Our kitchen table holds our secret conversations like a trusted friend. It faithfully offers us a place to sit down and try to decode the many muddled messages we are each receiving at this point in our lives. Where do we go from here? From this house my husband despised the first night we ... Read More about Where Do We Go From Here? And How We’re Finding The Answer.

“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.” Madeleine L'Engle “A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.” Charles Baudelaire   I stopped reading ... Read More about One of The Most Life-Changing Decisions I Made

A few months into the pandemic, back in 2020, I finally made the decision to put our three oldest kids (9, 7, and 5) into the local elementary school. What kind of mother am I, I thought, putting my kids in school when most parents are bringing them back home. For years, I tried to make ... Read More about What Emerged From My Attempt To Homeschool

This month the first snow adorned our little slice of the world in a thin layer of marshmallow creme. My eyes adjusted throughout the morning, unaccustomed to seeing the world in such shimmering radiance. How is it that water can turn into a fine powder and send a million unique, microscopic ... Read More about Moving From Discouraged Bystander to Inquisitive Activist