I sit staring at my mantel, covered in twinkling Christmas lights and garland. The word peace sticks out at me. I wonder if it’s the last year that peace will sit on my mantel for Christmas. If next year another word will take its place as our family makes space for one more. I contemplate six […]
The Toll that Busyness Took
Just over a year ago I had a physical and emotional breakdown. The weight of my schedule and output had finally caught up to me. The girl who never gets sick was sick for three weeks straight, and went through more rounds of antibiotics and steroids than I usually go through in a couple years. […]