by Kit | Oct 30, 2017 | On Living, On Loveliness, Poetry, Whatever is Lovely
Oh, October! So much to admire, to ponder, and only a wisp of time to do either. Here’s the season when creativity comes in gusts but awe strikes me dumb. Plus, I’m overly sentimental and half-crocked on chai tea lattes. I’m like the chunk of...
by Kit | Aug 5, 2017 | On Empty-Nesting, On Living, On Parenting, Whatever is Lovely
Recently I retired as a full-time mommy. In fact, Iām thinking of donating my crown to the Museum of Natural Hilarity š . Our youngest still occupies a bedroom. But as a working girl and college freshman, she no longer occupies as much of my attention. So now...
by Kit | Jun 15, 2017 | On Living, On Parenting, On Writing, Reasons to Believe, Worthy of Praise
Aglint of gold caught my eye, something shiny tucked down in the shag carpet of our guest room-slash-office. Aha! A thin necklace belonging to our oldest daughter (the married one), proof that for several days prior our house had twittered with the happy bedlam of an...
by Kit | Jun 3, 2017 | On Empty-Nesting, On Living, On Parenting, Think About these Things
It’s half past seven on her last morning of high school. Our raven-haired woman-girl, who the good Lord brought through fiery trial, will graduate with her peers after all. Today when she bolts across our front threshold, she’ll etch a tombstone for our...
by Kit | Apr 23, 2017 | On Living, Think About these Things, Uncategorized
The only thing I was (consciously) grieving when I left town was that I’d forgotten my precious. My iPhone, that is. Don’t get me wrong; I relish being disconnected. But with five errands to run on a business day, in a town thirty minutes away? I...
by Kit | Mar 6, 2017 | Devotions, On Living, Pin-couragement
My unseen actions and attitudes, this is the telling thing. Lord, turn my face toward you today, that I might be faithful in every thing, especially the small and seemingly insignificant. Where there’s no earthly accountability, help me still to take the...
