A Mom’s Circles of Grace
On Thursday, I got in the car at 3:20 to pick Penny up at school and take her to dance. Then I came home to pick Marilee up and take…
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“I Don’t Want Anyone to ‘Fix’ My Kid”
I listened to Heather Kirn Lanier and Bishop Curry in a beautiful conversation about disability and parenting and what it means to believe that we each are beloved as we…
Overcoming Perfectionism for Us and for Our Kids
Overcoming perfectionism is hard. Our kids all struggle with perfectionism of different kinds. I won’t go into all the details, but it’s hard for all of us to take risks,…
An Embodied Lent for Kids and Grownups
Penny and Marilee accompanied me this year for the Ash Wednesday “stations” at our church—an embodied Lent for kids and grownups. Each station contains an activity, a prayer, and a…
The Deep Truth Within Encanto
I’m one of the few parents on the planet who only just saw Encanto. I’ve sung along in the car to “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” and “Surface Pressure,” but…
The Shared Delight of Wordle
As a mom, I’ve found that I want one thing I share with each kid that is just for the two of us. With Penny, it’s creating our family photo…
Why a Failed Shopping Expedition Was Still a Great Birthday Present
Marilee turned 11 last Sunday. We drove to Brooklyn early to meet her new cousin, and we had already planned to see Wicked on Broadway with tickets that we had…
Responsive Parenting
When Penny was three months old, and we were so very new to all things parenting and all things related to disability, we attended a conference for parents of children…
Anticipating Joy
“Anxiety is anticipated terror. Hope is anticipated joy.” I heard theologian Jürgen Moltmann say this to fellow theologian Miroslav Volf on a podcast a long time ago. For some reason,…
The Temptation to Withdraw Rather Than Engage
In our household, we have to fight the urge for each of us to withdraw from one another on our individual devices. We have to challenge ourselves to move our…
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