Finding Rest

Finding Rest

Have you ever held a child that needs a nap in the worst possible way, but fights sleep even harder because of the need? The child doesn’t know that she needs a nap, only that something is not right and she is not happy. It’s me. I am that child. I will...
Ordinary Miracles

Ordinary Miracles

Harvard. I had to go to Harvard. It was the best. I was going to be on the Supreme Court — or at least a judge! My 6th-grade teacher wrote in my yearbook something about me in the Ivy League. In late middle school, my parents even took me to some swanky Harvard...
Mary, Mary

Mary, Mary

Two Marys Becoming a mother changes your perspective on so many things. As a kid, I didn’t think much about Mary. I distinctly remember making plans with a elementary friend over our cafeteria lunches to spend the weekend at each others houses. She asked me in...