Tag: life real raw broken beautiful
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Social Distancing Week 25…Desperately Seeking Sanity
Thursday, September 3, 2020…10:40am Almost the end of week 25. Since we’re counting by Fridays, the week actually ends tomorrow. But right now Brian and I are in his truck, heading north, without the kids. We’re desperately seeking some sanity this weekend and chatty teenagers who have been around 24/7 for 25 straight weeks is…
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Social Distancing Week 24…Normal For Now
Social Distancing Week 24 – I’m thankful we feel good about how the school year started for our kids. It’s not perfect. I do not doubt there will be challenges. But it’s good enough because it’s not forever. It’s not forever, it’s just normal for now.
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Social Distancing Week 23…Back to School
While both kids seem “ready” on this last weekend before school begins, I know that there is no way to fully be prepared since there is no way of predicting how the school year will actually play out. But isn’t that always the case?
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Social Distancing Week 22…Off The Grid
It was definitely not the most relaxing camping trip of our lives. But we were away from the place where we’d all spent most of our time for the previous 21 weeks, with great friends and in fresh air. The days weren’t easy, but there was so much laughter. We didn’t completely escape being around…
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Social Distancing Week 21…Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction
Literally no other family in the history of civilization has lived through exactly what our family is living through right now. I know that tends toward hyperbole, but it’s actually an absolute truth. A truth that is somehow stranger than fiction.
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Social Distancing Week 20…Literally Nobody Is Functioning Normally
Friday, July 31, 2020…10:16am The end of week 20. My husband said to me yesterday, “I feel like I am living the in the plot of a totally unbelievable movie.” I think that sums it up for me this week. That and this… We’re heading to the beach to find a piece of unoccupied sand…
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Social Distancing Week 19…Running on Empty
This week broke me in about a million tiny ways. But in the grand scheme of things, they are all tiny.
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Social Distancing Week 18…Choosing Okay
Friday, June 17, 2020…10:03am The end of week 18. If COVID-19 were a person, he/she/they would now be considered a legal adult. Ironic if you consider the fact that so much of the trouble and angst around life/economy/schools/churches reopening feels a whole heck of lot like there is not an adult in the room. Or…
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Social Distancing Week 17…Seriously,WTF?!
I’ve lost count of the number of times per day that I either think or exclaim out loud..”WTF”
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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…
We're All A Little Broken 