My car wouldn’t start this morning. This car is eighteen years old and has over 211,000 miles on it. It’s freezing cold out there. It’s allowed not to start every once and awhile. It’s earned that much. But I found myself texting the friend on whom I had to cancel: “I really did not need…
I had a young friend, a long time ago, who would start her prayers at the end of the day in one of two ways: “Dear God, thank you for a good (great, awesome) day today.” or “God… This was not the best day in the world.” It still makes me laugh a little, the…
— 1 — I’ve been thinking a lot about happiness this week, kicking around ideas for our summer writing project. Happiness can be kind of a subjective thing, in that our personalities and gift mixes can affect which activities we find “fun” and which we don’t – but I think at its heart, happiness might have some…
— 1 — I generally try to value time and not write it off with phrases like “I am so glad this week is almost over!” But while I am glad to be alive and relatively healthy, let’s just say that I am also really looking forward to next week’s arrival. (That’s the most positive way I…
“A guide to grieving well.” Couldn’t we all have used one the first time we encountered grief? (And every time thereafter?) In Invitation to Tears, Jonalyn Fincher and Aubrie Hills artfully weave both their stories and their studies to create a compassionate guide to the experience of grief. Focused mainly on grief associated with death (but…
