Between the Waves

I knew the week would go fast. Vacations always do. But it honestly felt like I stepped off a moving sidewalk and life went into slow motion. Our living room looked out over the waves and dunes with their wild grasses nodding in the perpetual breeze, and I caught my breath. Foaming and dancing toward…

Don’t be Pinterest Perfect

Beautiful moments happen. Pause and drink deeply of the taste of heaven here on earth. There are so many gifts in the little moments. In the lilt of a song. In the wind in the trees. In the ways eyes glitter just before the laughter comes. But the pressure to create a Pinterest perfect image…

Steady in the crazy…

I was THAT mom today. Aldi aisles resembled a war zone with frantic hurricane fearing folks pulling essentials off shelves. I navigated my cart and four children through the chaos and waged my own war: juggling my shopping list, sanity, and four sets of eyes seeing endless tempting things. More than once I caught people…

In any and every circumstance

The crickets’ evening lullaby floats in the open window, and cicadas join in the song. My baby sighs from her crib as I slide in between the white sheets next to my husband. He had a long day, and has an early morning again tomorrow. It’s a week for squeezing, working every possible hour before taking…