Easter Baskets. I Can Talk About It Now.
I made a fatal error this week. Its name is Easter Baskets. For a while I couldn't talk about it, but as all mistakes, I can now see what I wish I had seen. I can now share with you what I shall always remember. The Easter Baskets are a thing. I had this fleeting...
I Don’t Know How
I feel like I don't know how to do Good Friday well enough. It feels like when I love someone so much that I want to celebrate them so big, but nothing seems big enough to match the crazy affections of my heart, so I do almost nothing because I am paralyzed to do...
A Prayer for Boulder
Holy God, We are reeling again. Ten people killed while they were shopping for chips, milk, and maybe some ice cream. The people on news reports were saying, "That's my grocery store. That could have been me." Who among us hasn't run into the store for a few things?...
Happy Birthday, And Life Comes Back.
This little book turns Seven Years Old this week. She's basically a first grader, out in the real world, tying her shoes and reading books on her own. I'd like for you to please notice Tucker, working the line and meeting the people. Now, please notice Tyler, working...
School is In Session
I took my children to school today. It felt gloriously normal, like muscles that have ached to be stretched. It's hard to be isolated in eighth and ninth grade. As a friend of mine said, "Once I started ninth grade, my social life was so busy that I pretty much never...
For the One Who Is Exhausted
There are so many things that are difficult about being a person right now. There is what there has always been, And there is a long list of what has never been before. There are the dishes in the sink, And there are the cereal boxes left open on the bottom shelf of...
The Laughing Episode
Maybe this has happened to you. You’re some place fairly serious, aiming to have a fairly serious conversation, and suddenly something strikes you funny. Something that isn’t actually funny in real life. Oh, say, bowel cancer. Or blood clots. Something unanimously...
A Riff on the Lord’s Prayer for a Morning Like This
Our Father, Father to all of us and each of us, Of those who violently stormed our nation's capitol yesterday And those who watched in horror from our homes, Staring in disbelief in fear While people broke windows and stormed hallways; You are Lord above all of this...
Thank you, Mary.
I remember when each of my boys was born, the sweet relief of holding them, meeting them, beginning this new adventure with them. But I also recall the complicated emotions of sharing them now with other people. For so many months, my baby had been mine alone. Only...
That Time When I Lost a Manuscript
Tricia said: "Laptop, Open Manuscript." And the Laptop said, "File Not Found." Tricia said: "Look again, laptop. Find it, please." And the Laptop said, "File Not Found." I had spent weeks working on my second round of edits for my new book, This Book Is For You:...
Give My Book for Christmas!
A Christmas Special: Give my book for Christmas! For $20, I'll send to you a *personalized, signed copy* of the book of your choice, including gift wrap and shipping. Straight to your door, complete with my love and doodles. Available Books: ~ Just You Wait ~...
A Tale of Two Turkeys
I mean, I've never been in charge of a turkey before. And since our Thanksgiving is the most intimate ever, I bought the smallest turkey ever. Almost a medium-ish chicken. So, since I've never been in charge of a turkey, I didn't know what color it should be or what...
Just. You. Wait.
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