Feb 16, 2021 | Parenting is Haaaaard, Thinking About Life
One thing I love about reading blogs is the insight that it gives into other people’s lives. In 1997, back before blogging was a thing (was the internet even a thing?) I used to sit in History class with a girl named Leah Murphy. Every History class I would give Leah...
Feb 4, 2021 | Leadership, Thinking About Life
In the busy life of the bee world, the Queen Bee reigns supreme. Nurtured in her role as the provider of life, she is the only queen in a colony of honey bees that may number 60,000 or more. The Queen Bee is the largest bee in the colony and the only one capable of...
Sep 11, 2020 | Review, Thinking About Life
I am a little bit obsessed with identifying and trying to improve upon the weaknesses and flaws in my personality. It is a vain thing to which I seem to return; the relentless pursuit of self-improvement via self-loathing. One morning last week I sat in a café and...
Jul 1, 2020 | Thinking About Life, Women, Leadership & the Church
As a devout 12-year-old Christian, I remember thinking the Vicar of Dibley was a woman in sin. How could a woman be clergy? I used to change the channel as soon as the show came on, rolling my eyes at the sacrilege being acted out. I have no idea how I developed such...
Jun 6, 2020 | Thinking About Life
One glorious December day Sienna and I decided to take the bus to the city to ride the carousel by the river. The peaceful stay-at-home Mum + Nenna days were coming to an end. She would be off to full-time school the next year and we were trying to make the most of...
May 29, 2020 | Thinking About Life
“I do not yet know what I carry in my heart, but I trust it will emerge as I write.” -Henri Nouwen “God would not craft our minds and hands to make beautiful things and then shame us for wanting to do so.” -Jen Hatmaker, ‘Fierce, Free and...
