Slowly and Gently

Just a quick update, my friends. I’ve moved most of my writing over to Substack where I’ll post once or twice a week at...

I know happiness is fleeting and the further I chase it the farther from it I get like Percy Jackson trying to understand how their quest...

Our year has been bookended with trips to Rupert, Idaho. A quick Google search will tell you there's just over 6,000 people that live...

1 willing host 1 grandpa dozing in the chair 2 families with young children 1 set of in-laws 1 college kid constantly napping 1 random...

I, mistakenly, tried to categorize and summarize reasons we write about other people. I wanted to write a story about why we write other...

I'd like to think that if we'd had a girl we would have named her Elianna. We could call her Eli, El, or even Anna. It means "God has...

coming autumn whispers float through the air and I sit beneath the shade of this old tree watching and playing Delighting bowing to my...

Where in the world did July and half of August go?! Here we are though! Life has been busy and full and sometimes hard. Here's a few...

It's eight or nine at night and Lewis, my second born only a few months old, is arching and crying, again. I've lost count how often this...

Two of my family members have passed away this year. It's brought a level of grief to our immediate family that we, until now, haven't...

Unremarkable. She has an unremarkable personality. His grades are unremarkable. They've made an unremarkable impression on me. Her life...

Create Anyway: The Joy of Pursuing Creativity in the Margins of Motherhood by Ashlee Gadd. Her work is so refreshing for this sleepy...

Beginnings are difficult. So go slowly and gently. Often you will find yourself along the way. As cliche as that sounds, it's also quite...