More than Life

"We don't want bears coming around at night and grabbing one of our girls by the hair, ripping them out of the sleeping bags and sh...

The morning after Halloween night, Landon and I went for a hike on a trail we had never visited before. We drove into a canyon  tucked int...

It was amazing. I love being outdoors, especially in Colorado. We met up with Justin and Anna and their two boys to backpack into the Holy C...

I’ve been thinking about the gravity of this for days. And I’m not sure why a 10 year anniversary just feels heavier than the others. Everyo...

Every morning when i get on my computer before i start working with ACSI i "connect" with you. And i've noticed how i check my...

Time at the dinner table is treasured. It is the only time of the waking day when cell phones are not answered and minds are not racing with...

One thing that i have been trying to improve about myself over the past...10 years is my talkativeness. i'm not sure how i'm doing, ...

Are there things that you do or avoid doing to alter the feeling or truth of time in your own mind? Hm - that didn't make much sense. I ...

Every once in awhile i write a post and save it only as a draft - for a couple of reasons. Sometimes, just not sure if i want all eyes on my...

I've always been a redhead. Growing up i had curly long red curls, freckles, braces, and played sports with the boys at recess instead o...

I am not a shoe girl. Most women i know have so many shoes - too many to count. And isn't it a reputation that women in general carry - ...

I am a sweater lover. I remember my first autumn away from colorado in the sunny state. 75degree "autumn" days and i was sweating ...

Do you have a movie that you return to over and over again? One that after a long day, you know you'll feel much better if you could jus...

This was my second Halloween in California. The first was 7 years ago in Melrose. It was only a few months after I left home, only one month...

I've been journaling since i was 7. My first diary was tiny with lined paper, keyed lock, covered in balloons. I used to capture my days...

aaah! there's this thing that i can never articulate in speech or write. it's so frustrating... but this is it: I want to live well,...

today, there were a few things that reminded me so much of moments from our year in Kenya, that i was missing it terribly. The first thing t...

seeing the rockies nowhere but my rear view mirror is heartbreaking. i feel like i'm always leaving the place i most want to be - i told...

this week marked the one year anniversary of our being in this house. pretty uneventful if you're a normal person living a normal person...

Psalm 124 If the LORD had not been on our side - let Israel say- if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us, when their anger...