28 Dec The Person You Could Have Become
“Imagine that it’s the last day you have on earth,” the quote began. “The person you became meets the person you could have become…” I was curled on the couch reading from...
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21 Dec The Gifts that Last
Recently, Ella asked me what kinds of things I got for Christmas when I was little. I thought for a moment, trying to remember details of childhood Christmas mornings. Reflecting on...
14 Dec How We Spend Our Hours
There’s a parable I once heard about three fish. It goes something like this: There are two young fish happily swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming...
07 Dec Finding a Little Light
It’s not quite the darkest day of the year, but you could have fooled me. As I drove the girls to school, the sky was dark and cold and silent. A...
30 Nov The Things That Shape Us
Sometimes pastry crusts will collapse despite your best and most careful efforts. This was the frustrating realization I had last week when I was trying to prepare some mini apple...
23 Nov The Transforming Power of Love
One of our favorite restaurants in Phoenix is next to a sweet shop the chef also owns. The sweet shop is charming, with bins of old-fashioned candies, a glass case...