Sunday mornings are the most peaceful hours of my week, and yet, my most conflicted. A few months ago, I gave up trying to figure out our very complicated church situation, and for now, I am sitting out Sunday morning church. I look forward to my Sunday mornings all week long, when I sit for…

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I turned 38 years old last month. I’m not big on birthdays at all, especially my own. However, it does feel fairly significant that I have just one more birthday left in my 30s, and turning 40 in a few years feels even more significant. When my birthday came around on the 13th, I was…

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The Houston Astros took home their first ever World Series title last night, after a nail-biting, dramatic 7 game series against the Dodgers. I’ve been an Astros fan for as long as I can remember, and am so thrilled for this Team of Destiny and our whole city. This morning, I’ve been feeling nostalgic about…

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Is NaBloPoMo still a thing? I can’t find any information on it; I wonder if BlogHer dropped it. Well, in any case, a few weeks ago I committed to myself to write every day this month, like I did last year. So here goes… (I’m already hitting a wall less than 50 words in because…

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Dear Vice President Pence, Today, in a ridiculously transparent publicity stunt, you abruptly left an NFL game because some of the players participated in the #takeaknee protest. Of course, it’s absolutely your right to leave an event if something offends you, as much as it is the players’ right to protest what offends them. However,…

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The Senate is currently considering yet another ACA-repeal healthcare bill, a bill that would significantly harm millions of Americans. Every major medical association opposes this bill, including the American Medical Association because it violates their oath to “First Do No Harm”. The Medicaid directors from all 50 states have spoken against it. And yet, despite…

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Dear Grayson, Happy Birthday! I hope you realized today was your special day and felt extra loved today. Your siblings sang to you and hugged you this morning, and we sent. you to school with cookies for your teachers and classmates to celebrate. Food and treats are so central to birthdays, and it makes me…

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Here’s a little story from my afternoon… We were at our neighborhood playground with our neighbor friends. Since Grayson’s speech therapy was cancelled for today, I had driven home for a few minutes to get him off the school bus, then brought him back to the playground to let the kids play longer. I had…

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Five years ago today was possibly the worst day of my life. I was blindsided with the news that my not-quite two year old finally had a diagnosis, and it was terminal. For weeks (months? years?) after that day, all I could I focus on was Grayson is going to die. To me, the label…

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