My Nanny, My Partner

We are going through the bittersweet process of transitioning nannies again. Today is our last day with our current nanny, who joined us about a year ago, and we are preparing our hearts for saying goodbye. It's funny that as I write this, we are also a couple days away from Spring Break, which we'll [...]

Newborn Sweetness

What is it that makes holding a newborn so sweet? Certainly, it must be those cherubic cheeks and chins that invite you in to snuggle close and get lost in that sweet newborn scent of theirs. Or those beautiful, bright little eyes that, in taking you in, take your breath away. Or those delicate little [...]

A Mother Is Born

When a child is born, so is a mother. Four years ago today, I became a mother for the first time. That moment was truly the most profound of my life; a whole new part of me came into being, one that I had no prior concept of. In that moment, it was as if [...]

On Disease & Suffering Pt. VII – Some Conclusions, Though An Ongoing Work-In-Progress

Reflections on the age old question of how a good God can allow disease and suffering in this world. This will be my final post in this series on how God has responded to my questions over the last few years...for now. So, here I am - on the other side of this. It's been [...]

On Disease & Suffering Pt. VI – Some Emerging Theology on Disease

Reflections on the age old question of how a good God can allow disease and suffering in this world. This will be part VI in however many posts it takes for me to write about how God has responded to my questions over the last few years. I found my therapist around September 2017. It [...]