“Go back to your books, to your armchair. Plant your trees, watch them grow. If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place.”

— Thorin Oakenshield

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  • Currently

    Happy Summer Break! Currently Reading: Currently Studying: On Deck: What are you doing this summer? Continue reading

  • Becoming a Conduit: Embracing Your Purpose

    How was your Friday night? Mine was going well–Costco pizza for dinner, kids in bed at a decent hour, time together with the husband… Then the peace suddenly ended with the accidental snapping off of a receptor to one of… Continue reading

    Becoming a Conduit: Embracing Your Purpose
  • How to Embrace God’s Presence Daily

    The clock hit 7:30pm last night and I was running on fumes. Despite my best efforts, which include patterning the day, resting with belly rubs, and as a last resort, a quick errand time as an opportune car nap time,… Continue reading

    How to Embrace God’s Presence Daily
  • An Evolving Impression

    I think in doing some of the big things we never think we would do, we might be creating the impressions of who we are. These impressions are things that cannot be interpreted in the moment. They only appear after… Continue reading

    An Evolving Impression
  • I quit.

    Well, I don’t know if I was allowed, but I sent my final email to parents, and I am hoping to finally have closure on it all. With eight weeks left to the school year, I resigned my position as… Continue reading

    I quit.
  • Pressing On

    Going out of order is only so when the order is set, and, believe it or not, it’s never set. Continue reading

    Pressing On