Maybe in defiance to all the anger and hate scrolling across my feeds and news media, the word LOVE has been rolling around over and over in my head. My heart has always desired to be someone who simply stated loved God and loved people. To me, it feels like two sides of the same…
When the boys were small as summer approached I would fill outside buckets with sidewalk chalk, bubbles, water balloons, and simple outside activities. We’d often get a tiny pool for the backyard, sprinklers, and water toys. So many summer memories were made in our backyard and driveway. Then they started to outgrow these simple things….
I wake to the sound of rain and a sky filled with grey, in the midst of a Pandemic. Nothing feels beautiful today, not after another restless night. Yet I can’t get these song lyrics out of my head. You make beautiful things….. You make beautiful things out of us ……… Lisa and Michael Gungor…
So Now What? It is the beginning of our first week of summer vacation. As the excitement of no more school assignments wears off we are once again faced with current reality. How are we going to do Summer Vacation in the middle of a Pandemic? At this moment we should be camping in Colorado….
My classroom sits empty, stuck in time as if it’s still March 5th, 2020. We said our goodbyes, headed off to enjoy Spring Break, never to return this school year. Quickly home office spaces we’re set up. New technologies were learned and we took on our new reality. Virtual Learning. This virtual learning has not…
Writing hope-filled words of reflection. 
Cultivating beauty in every season.
