The Hidden Thought Life

Justification. Reasoning through our human nature. These are very real areas in which we humans struggle all too often. We don’t like to talk about it. We don’t like to admit it. Yet the struggle is real in our thought life, both sexual and non-sexual. Oftentimes, we...

The Truth About My Hot Mess Hair

“Why do you smell like dinner?” Tim asked me one night after I turned off the light and climbed into bed. “Hey, that’s not nice!” I said, laughing. “I’ve been having a problem with my hair and I’m trying to fix...

I Am a Butterfly

When the radio came on the other day I thought, “What a sweet way for God to wake us up.” Yes, I do realize that I’d set an alarm but apparently my foggy morning brain had not registered that truth. Trust me, this is not generally the first thought I have when I wake...

When It’s a Dog Doo Kind of Day

My morning started with my child stepping into a big pile of dog doo, thirty seconds before the bus pulled up to the bus stop.  The driver watched as I stopped frantically trying to wipe poop off a small left shoe (still attached to the child) with a twig, sighed...

The Water’s Fine

It began when I was a Guppy. Growing up, summertime in Minnesota involved Vacation Bible School and trips to the lake to cool off. So it was only normal that my mom would enroll all four of us children in a summer swimming program, not only for our safety when we were...