Category: This is Me
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Community With A Capital C…
I had the opportunity to “guest preach” at our church last weekend. In this super strange time where it seems many people are more interested in personal “liberties” or preferences, I had a whole bunch to say about the need for all of us to live with the common good at the center. I kept…
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Social Distancing Week 12…With Privilege Comes Responsibility
Friday, June 5, 2020…7:17am The end of week 12. For those doing the math, that is 3 entire months. For. The. Love. At about week 2.5 I made an intentional decision to step away from the 24 hour news cycle. It was essential to my mental well being. That all changed this week. With the…
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Another Trip Around the Sun
Today the sun sets on my 45th year. Tomorrow a new trip around the sun begins. Last year I started a project to capture my life in one photo per day – no explanations, just an image. It was a bit of a spiritual practice – being mindful and fully present enough in both the…
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(My) Saving Grace
Tomorrow is “Gotcha Day” – the one year anniversary of the day Grace joined our family. She is the best impulsive decision I ever made. We “rescued” Grace, but she has “saved” me over and over again in the past year. In her memoir “Leaving Church”, Barbara Brown Taylor tells about a time she was invited to speak at…
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Don’t Burst My Bubble!
“I’m not supposed to be here,” I whispered to myself at least 9 times today….once upon waking in my own bed, once as I soothed an anxiety induced spiral in my 13 year old son on our way to school, at least twice sitting in my office at church, once waiting in line to pick…
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No Regrets
My husband and I went out to dinner last night. Knowing we would both likely have a couple of adult beverages, we did the responsible adult thing and scheduled a ride through Lyft. The driver was a young 20-something guy who apparently has no filter and must not have been concerned about his tip or…
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A Moment of Truth
A moment of truth. Parenting a teen with mental health challenges is exhausting and often isolating. And right now I am more tired than I ever even knew was possible. So a word of thanks for those who “hold my umbrella” for me when I need to rest my weary heart, body and mind. I…
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Me & My Shadow 2.0
Both of my kids are in a youth theater production of Peter Pan this week. Being a devoted mom, sucker, I volunteered to help as an usher at two days of preview shows for local schools and then sat in the audience on opening night. It was a ton of Neverland in a small window of time!…
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Anybody Have a Map?
March 8. International Women’s Day. My social media feeds are full of inspirational and aspirational posts celebrating women. That’s nice. It’s nice to have a “day” to celebrate the achievements – both big and small – of women. It’s nice to have an opportunity to celebrate women leaving their lasting fingerprints and legacy. There’s no…
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Love, Grace & Twitter
I am a fairly recent and definitely late to the party Twitter user. I have had an account for a few years, but only recently began actually using it – both posting and following others. I tend to shy away from (sometimes run away from) conflict and much of Twitter is just pot stirring, name…
We're All A Little Broken 