I don't have a very good poker face. I spoke these truths. Directly. Politely. To my boss. Do you know what happened next?

There's a big secret I like to pretend I keep from myself. I can't do everything. Sure, I've always been blessed with the ability to do...

There are two things in particular I'm loving about our homeschool experience. First and foremost, its teaching us all a little something about being kind and flexible. I work fulltime as a commercial transactions lawyer. In english: I read and write contracts and advise the business on how to resolve and prevent contractual disputes. For me, this means work can sometimes feel unforgiving. When my clients need me they usually feel its urgent. It takes a lot of my emotional st

It's been a while! I got buried in the work. The legal work. The momma work. The health work. The house work. I didn't do it all with a...

A year after purchasing our project (a CBS house with all rough inspections passed and about 80% complete), I got the idea that we needed to move, sooner rather than later, if we wanted the project to move along toward completion at a more steady pace. 400-mile weekend trips to spend a single day working on a project, which we never had enough time to finish, was exhausting and inefficient. Worst of all, halfway through 2021, I got the sense that there was a lot I wasn't doin

Today was one of those. One hard day! Not to be confused with One Fine Day, which is an amazing romantic comedy about, you guessed it, a working mom. I was dizzy from my roller coaster of emotions by 8:30am. Until I started crying I was actually quite proud of myself. I had been to the gym. I had showered before the children woke up! We had managed to take our guests on their morning walk. And....drum roll please... We made it to morning prayer on time! Today's devotional (ho