When we realize that we don’t bless others without an entire ripple effect of others’ blessings feeding into that blessing first.

When caring about the celebration of small seasonal changes reminds you of God’s goodness and your own smallness.

When we feel like we can’t keep up and we need to set our priorities and remember them.

When all the things seem to be going wrong and you can choose to freak out or learn how to laugh.

Three ways to deal with the exhaustion of starting something new.

When a couch helps us look back over what has come before and look forward to what is ahead, and we hold our preparation in praying hands.

When you decide to take a two day long drive only a few weeks after moving cross-country because, really, a long road trip with five kids, like most things in life, is what you make of it.

When a rainy day dog walk leads me to think through my various responses to trauma and how effective those options are.

A three part, not at all tongue-in-cheek post about how to unpack your home in record time for those of us who move all the time (and those of you who are fascinated by those of us who move all the time).

If you’ve ever wondered if it’s worth it to have pets with all our military moves, this one is for you.

Or the balance between pessimism and optimism…and possibly something about melting chocolate covered pretzels on your butt warmer.