Experience
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Grateful Doesn’t Feel Big Enough
Sunday was our children’s pastor’s last Sunday with us, and I’ve been sitting with it ever since. For the past three years I’ve had the privilege of helping her with the kids program — assisting with Sunday school, showing up for Wednesday evening kids’ fun, volunteering with the annual VBS, observing Aria participate in the… Read more
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The Friendship That’s Older Than the Kids
We just got back from five days in the Boston area with my friend of 28 years, and I am equal parts wiped out and full. We flew in very late Wednesday night and hit the ground running — literally started with her son’s preschool graduation the next morning, which, come on, preschool graduations are… Read more
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Sand, Smores, and a Dog Who Ran With a Chair
We just got back from four days of glamping with Oma and Pop, and I’m still finding sand in places sand should not be. Aria and I stayed in a cabin, my parents brought the RV, and honestly the whole setup worked better than I expected. There’s something about everyone having their own space but… Read more
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Camp Behind the Scenes
Six weeks. That’s how long the camp actually ran. I started planning it in February. I don’t think most parents dropping their kids off in June had any idea that “camp” started for me on a random Tuesday in the dead of winter, hunched over a spreadsheet trying to figure out group rosters before I… Read more
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My First Trip to King Spa Niles (and Why I’m Already Planning My Next One)
I finally did it. After hearing people talk about King Spa for what feels like years, I made the trip out to the Niles location with my friend Laurel and honestly? I get it now. I get the hype. If you’ve never been, King Spa is a Korean spa with a whole circuit of pools,… Read more
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Turning 40: What I Didn’t Plan For, But What God Built Anyway
I turned 40 yesterday, and if you had asked me five years ago what that birthday would look like, I would have described a completely different life. A different house. A different last name, maybe. A different everything. Instead, I spent my 40th the way I spend most of my days now — showing up.… Read more
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The Color of Compromise
About six weeks ago, I joined a zoom meeting and had no idea what to expect. I was the youngest person in the meeting, and the entire meeting was uncomfortable and interesting. We watched (or listened, rather) to an episode of “The Color of Compromise” and had an open and honest discussion afterwards. I was… Read more
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My journey to squat out a baby
After nearly 42 weeks of being pregnant, the time had finally come to evict baby girl Brice. Of course, she couldn’t just come out easily. This is my labor story. At 41 weeks pregnant, my midwife scheduled my induction for Monday April 29th, with me going in Sunday night to start Cervidil. But my body had… Read more
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What I wish someone told me
In light of all the New Year’s Resolutions, I felt like the topic of fitness, exercise and health was an important one to write about today. As most of you know, I grew up generally disliking exercise and absolutely hated running. I also didn’t have the best diet, my favorite food usually consisted of some… Read more
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