by Kit | Jan 1, 2020 | On Living, On Mission, Uncategorized
Or, How to Write a Letter to Your Future Self As the calendar pages flutter forward under the relentless winds of time, how can I be sure I’m becoming who I’m meant to be? Whenever a freshly minted year is about to start, I feel the need to have some...
by Kit | May 7, 2019 | On Marriage, Think About these Things
The clock is sure. And it says we’ve only got four hours to celebrate our thirty-second anniversary. We nearly make it out of town. But just as we’ve put the daily grind in our rear-view mirror, Garth realizes he doesn’t have sunscreen. So we circle back...
by Kit | Dec 11, 2018 | Advent Reflections, On Living
A Vintage Christmas {Advent series, Week 2} Go here to read Week 1. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if...
by Kit | Apr 9, 2018 | On Living, Think About these Things
The dermatologist rolls right up to me on her stool so we’re knee to knee. Her voice is tender. “Tell me what’s been going on with your hands.” Out of nowhere my tears press; I hadn’t realized my emotions were so close to the surface. I...
by Kit | Jun 3, 2017 | On Empty-Nesting, On Living, On Parenting, Think About these Things
It’s half past seven on her last morning of high school. Our raven-haired woman-girl, who the good Lord brought through fiery trial, will graduate with her peers after all. Today when she bolts across our front threshold, she’ll etch a tombstone for our...