Small Talk Book Birthday
I got to hold a baby yesterday. A bright-eyed baby who smells soft and sweet (I know—how does someone smell soft, but she really did) and who cries and grabs…
Waiting and Sharing and Parenting
“I really need my own laptop for school.” I’m not going to name which child uttered these words, because they each feel the same way. They feel that they need…
A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 10 | Three New Books
Ending the day without anxiety. Receiving spiritual truth and practical wisdom from another mother of a child with a disability. And entering into a story about the extravagant tenderness of…
Talking About Disability
I remember this time, back when Penny was really little, when we were at a birthday party together and another mom was there with her child who also had a…
Lying and God’s Desire for Repentance, Not Perfection
One of our children lied to me the other day. It wasn’t a big lie. It was the type of lie I’ve told before—where I was caught off guard by…
The Miscellaneous Life of a Parent
Much of the default parent life should be filed under the category “miscellaneous.” That’s what my friend Patricia says. Things like... Filling out the forms for soccer (I talked a…
S5 E1 | How Disability Taught Me the Goodness of Vulnerability with Heather Lanier
What is a meaningful life? Does thinking about disability change your answer? Heather Lanier, author of Raising a Rare Girl, talks with Amy Julia about her daughter’s diagnosis and subsequent…
Summer Screen Time Update
I talked a big game about making sure our kids didn’t spend their whole summers in front of their respective screens this summer. A few months back, I said I…
How My Lack of Faith Got Us to Hope Heals Camp
Back in December, Marilee and I were snuggled on the sofa, internet shopping for Christmas presents. We picked out a few ornaments from Hope Heals. I explained how Katherine Wolf…
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