Category: journaling
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A Very Lame Christmas-Time Post About Problems, Not Christmas
If I did not make it clear, this is not a Christmas post. That’s probably what you were expecting, and I did try to write one. But I just couldn’t get my head around it enough to finish. It’s been a weird Christmas season: our decorations are all in storage, it’s way too warm, and…
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Lessons I’m Learning From My Dogs
Honestly, I know how it sounds, she’s talking about her dogs again… just hear me out. Let me lay the stage for a moment. My husband and I have three dogs. Three big dogs; three big, beautiful, affectionate, crazy dogs. First came Luna, who we adopted in June 2021. Two weeks later, surprise!, we realized…
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A Flood, A Fire, and Being Remembered by the Lord of Hosts
I am not a good swimmer. I can keep my head above water well enough in a swimming pool by a creative combination of poorly executed but well timed swimming movements, but put me in the ocean and I am way out of my depth almost immediately. I can not figure out how to duck…
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A Long Absence and the Curious Case of the Burning Bush
Hello friends. I am back. This blog has been a journey for me. You can’t really see that, of course. All you can see are the three posts I managed to squeeze out in the first five months and then nothing for the last nine months. You’ll have to take my word for it. I…
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“But God.”
Lately I have been feeling somewhat discouraged and tired – too busy, overcommitted, and behind on everything it feels like, including this blog. How long has it been since I posted? Yeah. Whoops. You get it. Jupiter and Comet turned 18 months at the end of January and while they’re nearing the end of their…
Taking the Hidden Paths 