thoughts

Right now there is so much I could say about the election, especially as a follow up to THIS discussion (and I love when there really is a “discussion” and not just people being mad at each other because that’s where the growth comes in my opinion). I learned so…

Halloween was just plain weird this year. I’m sure many can relate. Holidays are just different during this pandemic in general of course. But there was also some weird melancholy quietness mixed in to a holiday that used to be so amped up! Do I just remember it as magic…

First of all, just want to share this picture I came across the other day because I love it so. It is of little girls Elle (post edit…this is GRACE, not ELLE…yikes!) and Lucy waiting for the boat to come get them one summer years ago at Bear Lake. There…

It’s a big day today. And I’m not here to talk about one party or the other. I’m here to remind us all that we are neighbors and friends before we are political parties. And we have good hearts that will still go on after the results of what has…

Ok maybe this is a tad bit of a stretch to connect this story with “energy transformation” but I keep thinking of that concept I wrote about back HERE, and this picture my mom sent us all a little while back reminded me of that same idea: You see, there’s…

Lucy and I have been studying a little bit about energy for her science class during online school. (As I study with her I realize it turns out I don’t remember one thing from 8th grade, by the way!) We learned about the law of energy conservation a couple weeks…

Last night Claire sat perched on the kitchen counter as I whipped up some Friday night pizza, and asked me to tell her about my experience on September 11th when it actually happened all those years ago. It was sobering to sit and discuss all the emotion and deep sadness…

There was one morning a few weeks back when everyone was home when I disregarded the heat and went running by myself. As I ran, clinging to the shady spots, trying not to push my still-aching-from-my-waterski-hitting-it-knee harder than I should, I listened to a podcast that spoke to me. I…

Little did I know when I purchased this forest-green sweatshirt in the bookstore nestled smack dab in the hustle and bustle of Commonwealth Avenue in Boston one Fall day during my freshman year at B.U. that I would have three girls who would wear that thing until it would be…

I am loving the Come Follow Me lessons we study each week more than ever lately. There is so much to glean from the scriptures, and I feel like you learn even more when you write things down. So here I am, with a thought from three weeks ago. Ha!…