by Kit | May 14, 2017 | On Parenting, Whatever is Lovely
Raising kids is as simple, or as hard, as cooking perfect eggs. When Sean was five he said he’d take a raincheck on my scrambled eggs until I could make them like Grandma Doris. Hers were soft. Moist. Fluffy. Mine, far less magical. I tried again and again to...
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 | 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 | Feb 20, 2015 | On Living, On Parenting, Think About these Things, Whatever is Lovely
Winner, 2016 Cascade Award for Published Article or Blog Post, Oregon Christian Writers When life feels uncertain, I’m drawn to the pinnacles and edges of the earth. To mountaintops and seashores. And I think I know why. If you’re feeling like me, barely...
