How to Find Perspective in a Hard Moment

How to Find Perspective in a Hard Moment

Early April and rain poured from the sky. I sat with my best friend’s husband, Jason, in his car, waiting for the rain to let up a little. From where we sat, we could see huge puddles forming, a few brave souls walking toward the start line, dripping wet. Some...
Bibliophiles and Bookworms

Bibliophiles and Bookworms

A couple of weekends ago, my family and I spent some time at our favorite thrift stores. We all love browsing for books. I chose a stack of books two feet high —including Guy Kawasaki’s Rules for Revolutionaries— for less than the price of one new book. When I...
Abandoned or Postponed?

Abandoned or Postponed?

My oldest daughter is turning ten next Sunday. This decade, my first decade as a mother, has passed impossibly fast. Earlier this year, I had a big idea. I planned to write a book for my daughter as a gift for her birthday. She is a voracious reader and she loves to...
Good News/Bad News

Good News/Bad News

My youngest daughter, who is four, picked up the phrase “Good news/Bad news.” I’m not sure where. We’re on the way to pick up her sisters from school and she says to me “I have good news and bad news.” “Okay,” I tell...
Two Questions

Two Questions

Sunday morning at church, every woman got a blank rectangle of paper. During the message, our pastor, Dean, told us he wanted us to write the answers to two questions on our papers. I grabbed a pen. Dean asked us to write down what we believe about ourselves on our...