A heartfelt reflection on faith, resilience, and community in the midst of life’s storms. Carrying the Weight: Finding Grace and Strength in Life’s Heavy Lifting explores how we can find light, connection, and hope even when life feels unbearably heavy.
Category: Growth
New School Year, Old Wounds, and the Work of Letting Go
Back to School and Back to Myself The start of the school year is one of those natural times to reframe and make adjustments—to reflect, plan, and set intentions. When you work in a school, your ambition is often fueled by your mindset, and I’m going into this year knowing it will be challenging on Read More
When Faith Feels Distant: Follow the Best Path
Starting My Mornings With Intention Lately, I’ve been starting my mornings with Scripture—a habit that’s been established, broken, and renewed at various points in my adult life. Over the past nine months, I’ve been working intentionally on building a meaningful morning routine. It’s included meditation, visualization, affirmations, reading, and journaling. But during this time, my Read More
50 and Becoming: How I’m Claiming Peace, Power, and a New Way to Live
A Birthday at the Edge of Then and Now Last week, I celebrated my 50th birthday in a beach house with my husband, my two sons (22 and 19), and my 12-year-old daughter. It was the same stretch of sand I used to visit as a teenager—back when my best friend and I would bake Read More
6 Years Sober…What a Trip
Last Thursday I celebrated six years of sobriety. These landmarks always lead to reflection and as I looked back, from my first post six months in to my journey to my most recent, which was too long ago, I felt like a parent watching her child grow. My first posts were a mix of gratitude Read More
These Boots Were Made for Crushing Dreams
My husband likes to call me a dream-crusher. I say I’m a realist. Of course it’s more fun to be the dreamer; to have big plans that propel you through the muck of daily life. But I get uncomfortable with the nebulous nature of dreams. These aspirations that float so high above our heads. These Read More
Take 5 Minutes to Read What it Took me 5 years to Figure Out
As I celebrate five years of sobriety, I realize I have been on the ride of my life. Lots of ups and downs but a life-changing upward trend. I want to share my journey over the past few years, especially with women readers in or nearing the second half of their 40s. I felt like Read More
Celebrating 5 Years Sober: Thank you, Regret
“To live without regret is to believe we have nothing to learn, no amends to make, and no opportunity to be braver with our lives.” This line from Brene Brown’s Atlas of the Heart has been sitting with me lately. As I celebrate 5 years of sober, mindful living and I believe that regret played Read More
Glimmers: Micro Moments of Goodness
I think we can all agree we could use more goodness in our everyday lives. Whether we are living at frenzied pace, in the middle of a storm, or in a well-worn pattern, the bulk of our time seems to be spent managing rather than mastering. I have so many reasons to be grateful in Read More
Structured
My life, for the past six months, has been busy, and there is no sign of slowing on the horizon. This gives me mixed emotions. I feel grateful that I am not the person I was a year ago, reclusive, overweight and tired, wearing my resignation on the outside. I feel proud of myself for Read More