“I Could Wish”: To This Man, On Our 29th Anniversary
I don’t know if any marriage is easy. I could wish it was, but I know ours is not.
But nothing worth having comes easy, I say—except grace.
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Condescension: Seriously Bad & Gloriously Good
Hon, that sounded a little bit condescending, my husband chided, after a victorious fourth hand of our brand new, family Christmas white elephant card game. What does condescending even mean? our son wondered aloud. Like you’re God’s gift to the people you’re with. I paused, As if they’re beneath you and you’re so great to…
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Not for Granted: Why I Want to Be the Princess
“Easy for you to say,” you say. “You have so much—a loving family and health and friends.”
You’re right. I do.
And so do you. You might not feel like you do—you might not feel like the tender Princess atop her mattress stack—but you do have blessings beneath you, around you.
I know you do. This “not for granted” business is real.
I know it is true because I see it.
I saw it in a dear friend’s Caring Bridge post tonight. Her husband’s cancer is back with a vengeance.
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How To See Grace In All Things & Give Thanks: 3 Stories
The 1621 project is my life project. To see the grace in all the things and to give thanks.
To see like that is also a gift.
