Wild by the River

*Sharing an essay from the archives on a tender anniversary. Today I need to go to the grocery store because the carrots I added to my cart fourteen days ago as I wandered the aisles of Target with my husband, who was on the phone with a detective, who was trying to gain access…

Mar 6

I was nine years old when I started wearing a bra. A girl at church gave me her hand-me-downs, and I was so excited to wear them, because I thought they were mysterious and pretty...

Mar 3

“We are wandering, yet we are loved.” As a mystic, I clung to these words by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. I called her book, “Women Who Run With the Wolves,” my new bible, poring over all 600+ pages with tears, a yellow highlighter, and a pen. I am an ex-mystic and it’s taken years to…

Jan 23

There is a man I met in person once, a writer I loved. He wrote things that would bring on the closed eyes, the quick, soft groan of ugh, yes. Perfect words, laced together with wisdom, angst and tenderness. He told Sara Billups to screw 'em. Screw the critics.

Jan 30

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“Dwell in the land and feed on His faithfulness.” I’ve been tucked into Psalm 37 lately and it’s been watering the depths of my whole being. (It’s a…

Jan 5

“Both motherhood and creativity have taught me to be brave, to relentlessly seek beauty and joy among the mundane, to notice the remarkable grace…

Dec 10, 2022

I first discovered the wild wonder that is Alanis Morissette when I was a small-town homeschool girl with big dreams and big tears, deep love and…

Nov 24, 2022

All parents know that the failing and the flailing, the wrestling and the weeping, are part of growing up. If you lived with me in my house you'd find…

Oct 20, 2022

“Didn't you say you were a believer? Didn't you say you pledged to listen to a voice greater? Didn't you ask for grace?” —Clarissa Pinkola Estes Didn't…

Oct 12, 2022

I am so drawn to the humble, whether it is found within a living soul or in art. There is a grace to humility that I long to emulate in myself, and a…

Jan 22, 2022

I've been prompted recently to evaluate why I'm on social media. As a new mumma, my time is so fleeting now. One could say I'm behind on responding to…

Dec 19, 2020

“Autumn comes quietly to wed the countryside. The maples all down the lane blush and silently disrobe. I make beds, smooth out sheets.”—Ann Voskamp…

Dec 2, 2020

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Essays, reviews, & introspections written probably between 4 and 6 AM. 💋 You'll find an assortment of writings: tender memoir; adventures in motherhood + business + art; articles on faith; and thoughts & opinions I may or may not should keep to myself.

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