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In 12 months I lost four people to suicide. One year. Four souls. Gone by their own hand. Those numbers alone are staggering to me but then when I stop to consider who those people were, what roles they played in my life, I feel even more hemmed in by the oppressing darkness of this … Continue reading In The Dark Of the Night

“You are a snowflake.” I’m pretty sure the moment she said those words she instantly wished she had come up with an analogy a little less cliche and a little more complex but it suited the situation perfectly and so that is the first thing my friend, Christen, said to me after I confessed some … Continue reading Snowflakes

We have survived our first week of kindergarten and are cruising into week two! Its been a roller coaster ride of epic proportions. I have somehow found myself room mother for Levi’s class, which just proves the old adage that really and truly, you should never say never…because you most definitely will. For sure. So, I … Continue reading The Day Jesus Walked Levi to School

Levi and I had the profound pleasure of spending all of last week at the beach. Its a little tradition that my parents started last year where they rent a beach house for the week before school starts and we cart the grandkids out there for one last week of summer fun before the reality … Continue reading The Looming Ship

I’ve been thinking a lot about the word “sanctuary” lately. I don’t really know what brought it on, but I think it all started a few months ago when Orlando lived through the Pulse shootings. And as the weeks unfolded and Evil cranked the volume up on our nation and world, it kept coming to … Continue reading Sanctuary

A few years ago, when Levi was still a baby, I started a little project for myself that I called “Twelve Meals”. Twelve Meals was exactly what the title implies (because I am awesomely creative), it was literally 12 different dinners that Greg and I hosted over the course of twelve months. Its purpose was … Continue reading Tacos, Kids and Wine

A few years ago, I was attacked in a parking lot. It was 10AM at a busy restaurant at a bustling intersection with lots of Saturday morning breakfast activity happening all around me. Due to the popularity of the restaurant I was leaving, I had had to park in the next lot over upon my … Continue reading The Parking Lot

Last night your city changed.  I don’t know how you got the news or when you got the news but one minute you were getting ready for bed, or watching 30 Rock reruns or getting ready for a Thursday night ladies night at your favorite hang out and your city changed.  Evil paid a visit. … Continue reading Dear Dallas

I took Levi and his best friend, Bauer, to the beach yesterday.  These two are thick as thieves, fight like brothers and love like best friends.  Watching their little friendship develop over these past 5 years has been like getting to watch the magic of childhood be created.  I have learned so much about relationship … Continue reading Brother!