It's a Smalling World

Daffodils burst as my New Year's fireworks. Time to count another year. (This spring makes 37...squarely in the "late thirti...

Life is messy. And not just my house...although it usually is. Everything I do feels messy right now. My marriage is a mess of sweet and sar...

In a pew (and a half) bursting with Whites, after an extra-long Love Feast (otherwise I would have missed the whole moment while walking the...

I studied the photos of Ruby on the bookshelf. I see them every day and think of her. But today I noticed the real little girl in those pic...

I am not a Great Mother. Not even a Good Mother. In my own strength I am a Yeller and a Blamer and a Leave-Me-Alone-Before-I-Hurt-You-er. ...