friend [frend] noun: a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard. OK, so this is the picture from the first year I went to Hilton Head for the (in)courage writers' beach retreat. It was 2011, and I was terrified. Can you tell from the picture? Ann Voskamp took it. With …
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 …
Gandalf, Golf, and Emmanuel
My favorite line in one of those Lord of the Rings movies is where that old, tall guy with the white beard is in that cave thing (clearly, I'm not all that up on all of the details of LOTR, but I do enjoy the movies). The tall guy is running away from the monster, along with his crew of brave and …
Darkness To Light
I find myself on the other side of the worst six years of my life. I'm not exaggerating, and I hope you'll take my word for it, because there aren't enough blog posts that will help it all make sense to you. In the middle of those six years, someone asked me how in the world I was surviving it all. …
No-fail tips for not losing your mind while traveling over the Atlantic in the middle of the night
Back in 2005, H and I flew with our children from Nebraska to Hawaii. We spent eleven hours on the airplane. Each way. There were no screaming children on the plane. My own children were teenagers and handled the whole thing quite well. My husband, usually a ball of energy who needs to be reminded …
Demographics (Revisiting the Brown Skin Series*, After the Election)
A few days ago, at Starbucks, the barista who served H and me was sweet and beautiful and kind, and she took our orders (tea for me, coffee for H) and then said, without blinking, "It's on me." At first, it didn't register. H and I kept talking about snowman cookies and cake pops and I held out my …
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