by Kit | Nov 13, 2016 | On Living, Pin-couragement
{Originally posted October 2, 2014} If you ran into me in town lately and I told you I was fine, I was sort of lying. Please don’t take it personally; I was lying to myself too. I see now that I’ve been in a bit of a funk. As usual, I didn’t...
by Kit | Aug 29, 2016 | Devotions, God's love, On Living, Parenting, Pin-couragement, Whatever is Lovely
SUGGESTED READING: John 1:9–13 Back in the perm-it-and-bleach-it days of the early 90s, I arrived home, excited to show off my new hairstyle. But my little boy, Sean, eyed me with suspicion. “What’s wrong?” I said. “You don’t like Mommy’s hair?” He pouted. “You look...
by Kit | Aug 26, 2016 | On Living, On Mission, On Parenting, Reasons to Believe
[This post first appeared at AnotherBrokenHallelujah.com on December 3, 2014.] When I said “Come sit on the bed,” she just planted her legs straight like prison bars and asked why. I patted the comforter next to me and mustered up my best impression of a mother...
by Kit | Aug 12, 2016 | On Living, On Mission, Think About these Things, Whatever is Commendable
“Racism is the most common sin in the world.” -Rick Warren On my thirty-fifth birthday, I made the front page. “Good Samaritan injured in carjacking.” Accompanying the headline were two faces drawn by a police sketch artist based on my recall...
by Kit | Oct 12, 2015 | On Living, On Parenting, Whatever is Lovely
It must be recess time across the orchards at Maple Elementary, ‘cuz right now, waiting for you, Olivia, sounds a lot like a mingle of children’s hoops and hollers floating through the window screen. I’m in your parents’ master bedroom...
by Kit | Sep 10, 2015 | On Living, On Parenting, Reasons to Believe, Think About these Things
Motion Sickness = A feeling of unease caused by movement and its relationship to our natural sense of balance. To look up, you’d never know it. The wonderlands, the wide open spaces of summer are shuttering for the season. Mornings of surprise visitors and spontaneous...
