It’s one of my favorite verses. It even appears at the end of everything you read here. Sometimes it seems a little funny to quote the whole verse though because its context is colored with an unfamiliar agricultural metaphor. What on earth is a yoke? In modern terms, it was a farm implement. … [Read more...] about An Easy Burden?
One Way to Rest from the Weight of Worry
Once upon a time when I was a young mom, three ugly but invisible ingredients converged on me right in the middle of my kitchen. Isolation, worry, and failure to live up to my own expectations. They all collided and stirred up a toxic cocktail I never wanted to drink. I’d never felt anything like … [Read more...] about One Way to Rest from the Weight of Worry
How to Hustle, Rest, & Worship
We’ve barely just started the school year, but the hustle has begun. School, work, practice, church, errands, meals, emails, volunteering…and by the way, nurture the people you bring and meet in all those places. My blood pressure just rose to an unhealthy fraction while typing that … [Read more...] about How to Hustle, Rest, & Worship
Never for Nothing (Nunca de Nada)
I guess I was looking for a tally mark in the "good mom" column when I bought the video. Remember when I revealed all my early motherhood delusions? I mentioned our Spanish Barney days. Back when my boys were preschoolers and I was a hyper-vigilant mom who didn’t want to waste a moment of … [Read more...] about Never for Nothing (Nunca de Nada)
Tell Me Somethin’ Good
There are two radio shows that air during my afternoon 20 minute mom-taxi trip to town. On each station, at 5 to-the-hour, the news is reported. For five minutes the hapless reporter force feeds horrific headlines, updates on things you wish you’d never heard, and the incessant bickering of the … [Read more...] about Tell Me Somethin’ Good
A Baby with Power Tools (aka. a cell phone)
Dear Son, You already know how excited I am (not) to give you this cell phone. For several years my response to your continual badgering has been, “You can get a phone when your dad and I need you to have one.” Good news and bad news, Son. We need you to have one. This is good news because you … [Read more...] about A Baby with Power Tools (aka. a cell phone)