When You’re Not Enough for What You Face
I am slowly emerging out of a season, a season that had me scraping bottom. I don’t know what you do when you hit bottom and find you have nothing left, but I turn deeply inward. That’s my personality, and rather than fight how I’m wired, I had to embrace it, to let myself go […]
A Veiled Face in a Muslim Land
My white face was still white. But the traditional black head covering kept my light hair under wraps so that it didn’t broadcast my outsider-ness. Wearing black, not only on my head but all the way down to my toes, I was disguised. Sitting on a slab of kindling wood around a table just five […]
When I Don’t Feel Like Running
Just a few months ago, I was pregnant, exhausted and ravenous all the time. Some days I waddled faster than others; other days I could barely crawl. Running? Not so much. When a friend suggested I speak on running with faith at a retreat for expat women in our Middle-Eastern city, my heart sank. I […]
Facing Conversations + Pumpkin Maple Pecan Granola
To be honest, I was struggling with the theme for this week. I didn’t know what I was going to write about. What am I “facing?” Everything was pretty dandy. Until last weekend. The racial and political storm in the States hit home hard for our little family. We had weathered the waves of all […]