Comparison has always been a thing. A nasty one at that. We are all aware of it, and yet most the time we can’t turn away from it. Sometimes we even choose to lean into it, and depending on our varying stages of life we are impacted in different ways around every turn…
Read MoreIt turns out, this whole owning land thing is a lot of work. Almost every one of our weekends (if not our days) is full of mowing, watering, cleaning chicken coops, pulling up dead plants, planting new plants, weeding and pruning the garden, blowing leaves, laying bark chips, and chasing our dog down the street. That’s just the outdoors…
Read MoreWhen we first moved into our little farmhouse we thought, sure, maybe someday we will get some chickens! And then two weeks later a friend was looking for a place to re-home 6 grown, fully laying chickens. Just so we can laugh at ourselves a little bit, I thought I’d share some of the things we learned as Chicken Rookies…
Read MoreHerbs: the very reason I ever started a countertop herb garden in the first place. I remember walking into a fancy grocery store, and outside the front entrance was a wall of herbs with beautiful little signs that informed you which sprig of heaven you were about to experience…
Read MoreI knew that I needed to face silence—or really, to just face myself—and that I needed to uproot unhelpful thoughts that had taken me captive. To physically write these thoughts onto paper gave them less power and space in my mind…
Read MoreRedemption simply cannot be rushed. We, people in process, cannot rush ourselves past the process of growing and planting and rebuilding from the ashes. We also cannot cover up and bury our questions and confusion, forcing ourselves to move ahead.
Read MoreThe Lord seemed to say, you cannot carry these things into your new year with me. And so I was ready to lay some things to rest so that I might have a new perspective and unhindered start to my new year. But it all came to a screeching halt…
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