Because life's about more than getting the laundry put away... forever

Faith has a funny way of finding you — sometimes through prayer, sometimes through paintbrushes, always through that deep knowing that something greater is at work.

Recently, I was in the Sunday School room rinsing paintbrushes, watching the colors swirl, smiling ear to ear. Looking up, I giggled, ...

This week, my husband and I moved two of our daughters into college. 🌱🌿

One is finishing her last year. The other is just starting her first. Endings and beginnings, all at once.

With our oldest, the drop-off was… well, easy. No tears. No big drama. We’ve been through her move-in before — between ...

So often, you're taught to push push PUSH yourself forward, even when it hurts, it's hard, or you're just plain exhausted.

Yes, sometimes pushing through is necessary — caring for a newborn, acing medical school, downing your drink before the absentminded waiter returns to ask if you’d like another, ...

Oh, life, why can’t you just stick to the script? Like, hello? Is it too much to ask for a little more 'happily ever after' every now and then?

Despite my daughter’s heads-up to avoid the "One Day” show on Netflix, curiosity got the better of me, and yep, I watched it. And, boy, was I not ready for t...

If you’re like me and have lived most of your life as a people-pleaser, have a tendency toward perfectionism, or like to shrink yourself to avoid being judged, misunderstood, or rejected, please keep reading.

Let me take you back to a moment that stretched me, humbled me, cracked me open, and ultim...

For most of my life, I believed there was only one season — the season of DO-ing.

If I wasn’t creating, producing, or pushing something forward, I felt like I was falling behind. Rest? That was for later — when everything was done. (And when is life ever done? Exactly. 🙃)

In my 30s, between raisin...