from messy to lovely

by | Jul 21, 2009 | Tuesdays Unwrapped

When you tell your kids they can do any craft they want, just know they will choose the glitter. I got smart the day I took this photo and sent them outside, but the day before that they did this same thing in the kitchen. We have glitter in our biscuits, on our...

she deletes

by | Jul 18, 2009 | inspiration

I have to talk in front of people exactly two weeks from today. I look forward to being at She Speaks among other women who are passionate about some of the same things I am. Still, I have to talk. In front of people. And there is no delete button on my mouth,...

behind the quiet

by | Jul 15, 2009 | breathe

I have a bad, risky habit of waiting until the orange light comes on in the car before stopping to get gas. I recently discovered that my car has one of those Distance Til Empty meter things in it, consequently stealing all my thrill. Then there’s my laptop. The...

in the quiet

by | Jul 14, 2009 | Tuesdays Unwrapped

Rest of heart and soul cannot be put at the end of my to-do list. Especially the kind that involves quiet and thinking, praying and time. Lately when I longed without words for more time in the day, a small miracle happened: I woke up before the sun. Turns out...

moments

by | Jul 13, 2009 | family, photography

Loved every minute of this vacation. But even with the pile of laundry, the empty fridge and the dead plant on the porch, the best part of being gone is coming home.