It’s the end of August and for me, it means two things…the end of maternity leave and the beginning of my tenth year in education. This year I’m in a new position in a new district. Long story short, I had an opportunity to jump to my dream job and I leapt! It seems like we just couldn't make it through this year without changing everything. With all of the changes in our lives, date nights have become even more important, even if they look a little different right now. The last few weeks ...
Intentional Life
10 Podcasts You Need to Hear
I rarely listen to the radio anymore. There’s one local station I like, but mostly I listen to 1) my kid’s choice (Disney music) or 2) podcasts and audiobooks. Over the last several years I have become an absolute podcast junkie. You know what I missed most when I was teaching from home during the beginning of the pandemic? My commute. I know, I’m crazy. But what I really missed was uninterrupted time to listen to my podcasts on the way to and from school. I’m often asked for podcast ...
What’s Saving My Life Right Now
I know I wasn’t the only one who was glad to see 2020 end. It was a crazy year for us, and we were hopeful that 2021 would bring a different pace. We were building our forever home, had a baby on the way, and looking forward to planning life post-COVID. The first six months of 2021 have been just about as exciting as the last nine of 2020. I was teaching “concurrently” which meant that I had a full class of students, half in person and half virtual who I taught at the same time. Our ...
fierce, free, and full of fire: what i need
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to participate in the launch team for Jen Hatmaker’s new book, “Fierce, Free and Full of Fire.” This post is the first in a series of posts related to what I took away from reading this book. All quotes are from Jen Hatmaker, unless otherwise noted. It's been a while since I published the first post in this series. There are several reasons for this, the least being that we are in month five of quarantine and life is, well, a different kind of crazy. ...
fierce, free and full of fire: who i am
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to participate in the launch team for Jen Hatmaker’s new book, “Fierce, Free and Full of Fire.” This post is the first in a series of posts related to what I took away from reading this book. All quotes are from Jen Hatmaker, unless otherwise noted. Who am I? This is a question we spend a fair amount of our lives trying to answer. The answer may change over time, but at our core we are the same unique individual we were always created to be. The ...
10 Times I’ve Found Inspiration in the Ordinary
Small things. Bits of happiness. God winks. Inspirations. I often become overwhelmed by all of the minutiae that make up my days that I fail to see them. Most nights, when my head finally hits the pillow it’s all I can do to make sure my alarm is set and my blankets are just right before I drift off to sleep. Rarely do I have the energy to think about my day and where I saw the delight in it. If you’ve read the first post, you know that this space is a journey to be more intentional in ...
