Aug 16, 2020 | On Parenting
It was during bed rest with my 5th child that I developed a Pavlovian reaction to pill-taking. My round-the-clock medication kept the contractions at bay, but also turned me into a barge-sized space cadet, bloated and incapable of remembering which pills to take....
Dec 29, 2019 | On Parenting
As a parent, I like to think that I’m striving to give my kids opportunities. I want to expose them to new skills, let them explore, try, and find their thing. I pretend that’s my goal when we tell them they should sign up for an activity or buy the...
Aug 4, 2019 | Faith, On Parenting
If I’m standing and I close my eyes, I wobble. It’s a balance thing. It’s about proprioceptors, something medically-multi-syllabic, I dunno. During church, when we’re standing and the pastor says “bow your heads to pray,” I bow my head, shut my eyes, and reach...
Jan 22, 2019 | Faith, On Parenting
My son had to have emergency surgery recently. He’s fine now, but this isn’t really about that. When I got the call that he needed surgery and had to be transported to the only surgeon on call at 2 am, I made arrangements for my other children and jumped...
