silent weepers…
I remember reading about a case study from a Romanian orphanage that wanted to run their orphanage like an assembly line. Diaper change, bottle given, placed in crib. For the development of a child, those are the most crucial times in life when touch and affection and...
turning points…
If you’re a leader you know how hard it is to continue pacing at warp speed. Whether at school, church, home, or work, the demands and expectations of us to press on and fail forward sound better on bumper stickers and post-it notes than actually having to do...
dieting, depression, and desperation…
Someone asked me a question on Formspring about eating and dieting. Asking me to speaking about gluttony and dieting is akin to asking Scrooge McDuck about his principle for giving money away or asking Snooki how she tans so naturally. I always shy away from this...
where we are, where we want to be…
At the core of it, our jobs provide money, a roof over our head, and food on our table. In cubicle offices, with black phones containing tons of buttons, on swivel chairs with back padding, we go into work, do what we have to do, and sit in traffic until we have to do...my life as a soap opera…
Some days my lawn is watered, dinner balanced and square, my closet is organized, and my bed is made. On days like today, it feels like I’m on the set of a soap opera in a scene that is too unbelievable to be real and the script writing is horrible. Except...
I’m a writer and teacher in love with two men: Jesus and my husband, Matt. [You might not find this funny, but I laugh at myself, so it all balances out.]
