Living in the Midst
My thoughts are all over the place this week — I don’t think that’s uncommon. Bear with me as I share a few ideas on anger. Maggie's technique My niece has a unique way of showing her anger — at least I’ve never seen this kind of display before. You can tell it’s about to… Continue reading On Anger
Earlier this week I sent out my last newsletter for a while (forever?). In it I listed places where people can continue to read my writing, including this blog. I even suggested they subscribe to this blog so they’ll receive a notification in their inbox every Friday morning, because I post a new blog every… Continue reading Connecting the Dots
It was kind of a whim. I figured I’d send a few notes by snail mail while I was home. I said I’d continue doing this each day while we were asked to stay home. I didn’t expect to be here two months later still writing daily notes. I didn’t think I’d still be home… Continue reading Daily Notes
When does something stop being normal? For years my normal was: wake up, drive to work, work, drive home. That was normal during the week and on the weekends I did things out of the norm, like sleep in, not shower, stay home. Over two months ago now that normal changed to: wake up, Brad… Continue reading Another New Normal
A friend recently asked if I’d tell her about Mother’s Day, so here I am telling you too. I don’t go to church on Mother’s Day anymore. Well, to be completely honest, I don’t go to church much at all anymore. But, that’s a post for another day. A whole church service all about mothers?… Continue reading About Mother’s Day
Last weekend I spent quite a bit of time sitting on our deck with my DSLR camera. I put on the longest lens I have and started looking in the trees. I wasn’t looking for anything in particular — maybe a bird or squirrel. When I took the camera away from my face and spotted… Continue reading Zoomed In
The first time I thought I might be pregnant I wanted to just know one way or the other. So, I started googling “how to tell if you’re pregnant” and “could ____ mean I’m pregnant?” These questions led me to message boards and down the rabbit hole of a myriad of abbreviations like 5dpo (five… Continue reading Searching for Certainty
Some rambling thoughts on productivity and busyness I’ve been this way for as long as I can remember. On family vacations everyone would just be hanging out, not really “doing” anything, so I’d chime in: what are we doing now? I wanted a plan; I wanted to know what to expect next. The same is… Continue reading On Productivity and Busyness
I wrote this post a year ago. I think my assumption then is true since it applies again this year... it's all Holy Week. I've made some adaptations for our current context, otherwise it's the same post from 2019. It’s Holy Week. And I’m feeling it, deeply. I’m feeling the tension and the betrayal and… Continue reading It’s All Holy Week
I’m straying a bit from my usual content today. I suppose we’re all straying a bit from our usual content! Here’s a story from an experience I had many years ago. I trust you’ll see the connections to our current situation. Much of what we're experiencing now feels familiar. It’s only an election In 2007 I… Continue reading This Feels Familiar