5 Ways to Not Grow Weary While You Wait

Persevering Through Dark Days, Discouragement, and Suffering

“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” ~ Galatians 6:9 It’s not easy to wait for the reward for all our hard work. The results. Or at least some teeny tiny glimmer of them. Not easy to persevere, to press on, to […]

In the School of Pain: Passing the Test

“Life consists of learning lessons and passing tests.” ~ Francis Frangipane I broke my leg again this week. Stress-fractured it. Again. (Sometimes I say “knee,” because that’s where the fracture is — at the top of the tibia, where it connects with my much-operated-on knee.) The first time was in February of this year. I […]

Are You Ready For The Test?

Test?!? What test? I didn’t know we had a test — did you know we had a test? In just a few weeks, thousands of children across the country will utter those words —  in absolute sincerity and abject terror — just as their parents and grandparents and great-grandparents did before them. You’ve said them… […]