Dear Mom of a New Senior- This will be one of the biggest years of your life. I just finished it and can now see what I didn’t…
Continue ReadingNext week, Mike and I headed to the Dominican Republic for six days. We are so excited to be part of the Lutheran mission work in Latin America.…
Continue ReadingYou’re Looking for Connection Our family has packed and unloaded our minivan a dozen times this summer. We’ve traveled to a cottage in Seaside, a cabin in Breckenridge,…
Continue ReadingYou’ve seen the pictures and watched the livestream. Now, your kids are headed home from The Gathering and you have high hopes that they came away transformed in…
Continue ReadingWelcome to Houston, the most ethnically diverse city in the U.S.Our people are loyal and loud. The brutal heat, constant traffic, and devastating hurricanes unite us in deep…
Continue Reading2022 I could write a book about this one. Not necessarily the advice I have but rather the complete shock I’m in to be so sad the second…
Continue ReadingDear Nate (on your first day of Middle School)… Yesterday you told me that you needed to get out of the house. We’d been inside for three days,…
Continue ReadingThe other day a memory popped up of you on your first day of Preschool. I was struck by how your first-day grin has not changed. Back then—and…
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