I have lived in a bunch of houses. If I'm counting correctly, there have been about twenty-six. I was born in Germany (my dad was in the Army) and moved to the states with my parents when I was too young to remember anything about it. We moved around quite a bit when we first got to the U.S., and …
It Doesn’t Have to be Perfect…
One of my favorite things is having people in my tiny house. We can never have too many people—perched on the edge of the couch; sprawled out on the basement floor; feet tucked up beneath them in the big, overstuffed living room chairs. I love any reason to cook up a big batch of something on the …
Pentecost + Abercrombie & Fitch
It's been more than a decade since the first trip we took to Chicago with our children. We drove a rented Chevy Blazer from Connecticut to the Windy City for a minister's conference. H had been invited to this conference by a ministry colleague, and we decided to make it a family summer vacation. We …
7 Lunch
My friend, Kashoan came over today for lunch. I love her. Have you met her? You will love her, too. You will want to read her blog, shop in her Etsy shop, sit across from her at your kitchen table and have her tell you stories. Trust me. The other day, when Kashoan and I decided to have lunch …
Homemade Lemonade
I pour myself another glass of lemonade and look across the table at my friend. She is smart and talented in a Proverbs 31 way, but it doesn't make me feel like I belong on a perch beneath her. She makes me wish I lived in the house next door instead of an hour's drive north on that highway I can …