When I was in first grade, my best friend’s name was Elizabeth, and she was in the class above me. I thought it was pretty cool, of course, that my best friend was a year older; she introduced me to all the year older girls, let me play in their year older games, and even, even, let me trade…
Month: June 2016
Luxe and Sanity: Lost and Found
After almost a year, my seven year old daughter still has a hamster named Luxe. You just can’t understand how surprised I am by this reality. Luxe has been cuddled (squeezed), played with (tortured), and handled regularly by a sweet seven year old girl (sometimes monster). Just a few weeks ago while Lily was playing…
A shorter Perspective
I’ve written a lot about having different perspectives in life – an eternal perspective on our earthly journey, a humorous perspective on the mundane, and even a grace filled perspective as we trudge through frustrations that make us look way too much like Jekyll and Hyde. But the perspective that I’m most fascinated by is…