What Really Matters

What Really Matters

Amy, a long-time Weaving Influence team member, lost her mother, Carolyn, last week. In the week or so before her mother’s death, she took off some time to plan music and gather photos for her mother’s memorial service. She said, wisely, “I...
You Wouldn’t Know, Unless I Told You

You Wouldn’t Know, Unless I Told You

We all have our stories. Some are obvious and observable, evident and easy to read — others are hidden or plastered in, buried, stuffed, or glossed over. We all carry around those things people wouldn’t know, unless we told them. When people share their stories,...

Loss and Rebirth

Today marks three years since my mother-in-law’s death. In the three years since we lost her (too early), we’ve watched our girls grow, and we moved — for the first time in our married life — to live near family. I still think of her nearly every day. We...