Motherhood

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…

Shifting With The Landscape

The pace of change is accelerating. How do we best equip and “future-proof” our children for our continually shifting world? It’s no news that the pace of change is accelerating. The amount of information available at our fingertips, the ways we communicate and interact with the world, the development…

Taking Each Moment In Stride

“Each of your kids have had a different set of parents.” I heard this the other day and it kind of blew my mind, as it dawned on me how true it was. Because of the way that we grow in our parenthood or as individuals, because of how…

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…

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…

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…

On Disease and Suffering Pt. V – God Begins to Speak

Reflections on the age old question of how a good God can allow disease and suffering in this world. This will be part IV in however many posts it takes for me to write about how God has responded to my questions over the last few years. While those…

On Disease & Suffering Pt. IV – The Start Of A New Narrative

Reflections on the age old question of how a good God can allow disease and suffering in this world. This will be part IV in however many posts it takes for me to write about how God has responded to my questions over the last few years. It would…

On Disease and Suffering, Pt. III – The Breaking Point

Reflections on the age old question of how a good God can allow disease and suffering in this world. This will be part III in however many posts it takes for me to write about how God has responded to my questions over the last few years. The breaking…

On Disease & Suffering, Pt. II – Life In Constant Threat

Reflections on the age old question of how a good God can allow disease and suffering in this world. This will be part II in however many posts it takes for me to write about how God has responded to my questions over the last few years. Initially, in…