Check out my first post on Beyond Bath Time, a blog that supports motherhood as a sacred role. This blog is a follow up to Erin Davis’ new book with the same title, just released in April.I haven’t met Erin in person, but I feel like I have! She was kind...
“I think you should share your peanut butter & jelly,” I told her. (I didn’t really say ‘peanut butter & jelly’–but for the sake of this post, we’ll call it that.)”But I don’t want to share my peanut butter...
Last week, I put a stick of butter in a pan, turned on the burner, and reached for the milk. Only a few drops left.I thought, “If I leave now, I can stop at the store before I have to pick up Lindsay.” So that’s what I did. Only I forgot to turn off the burner.Thirty...
When I was in high school, I loved piano. My choir director asked me to accompany the choir on a a couple of our songs. I said sure, I’d be happy to, though I had never accompanied before.I practiced the songs, which were easy enough, at home, but I guess I...
When I was a summer camp counselor, our director kept this yellow playground ball in the room where the counselors met–it was a therapy ball of sorts. You could call for the Yellow Ball when you had a story to share or just wanted to rant for a while....
I know it’s old fashioned to talk about hell. But since Jesus did, I think we should at least mention it to our kids. I mean, we tell them about the danger of hot stoves and electrical sockets and busy roads; shouldn’t we also tell them about the one who...