Faith
A 31 (year-old) Woman
That’s not me. It’s just a picture of a woman with her arms wide open to the sky. But it fits, right? As my 31st birthday approaches (this Friday!), the…
Love Grows
Isn’t it funny how, mere hours after giving birth to a new little human being, you can hardly remember what life was like without them? It is one of the…
Midwinter Poetry
Janus Fog lies thick over sodden ground —a curtain of winter whites —drawn close around the barren trees,muffling would-be sound and sightof a gray January morning. The year is new….
Why I Listen to Christmas Music Before Thanksgiving
It’s one of those things that has come along with the commercialization of the Advent season… the decorations spew forth, the gaudy tunes stream out in every marketplace, the red…
Baby Envy
Well, that might seem like an odd post title from a woman who is now nearly 9 months pregnant, but this time last year I was NOT pregnant, and I…
“Return of the Daughters” A Review and a Challenge
Nota Bene: I wrote this post a while back when I first watched the film in December, and am not sure why I didn’t publish it then…. This topic has…
Holy Days
Each day was created by God with purpose and intent — with each rising of the sun, a new phenomenon was accomplished and with its setting proclaimed “good”. And on…
Thoughts on a Fall Morning
It is very much a crisp Fall morning here in the windy city of Chicago. A cool 57 degrees is enough to throw on an extra layer and venture out…