How Priests and Pitchforks are Helping Me Return
A few years ago, I lived in a sweet little cottage in rural America. Every spring, I’d spend hours cleaning up the yard and flower beds. One of the...
Tag: Returning
Back to the Shire
In the busy chatter of the pub, it would be easy to overlook the powerful transition taking place over a pint. After a long and arduous journey, four friends—bonded...
This Week’s Theme: Returning
Is it time to say goodbye? There might be emphatic nods all around, you and your teammates or family members knowing deep down that yes, it...
The Only Sure Thing
They started asking, and we started wondering: are we ready to go back? We had booked our tickets in early January, inked a departure date on the calendar, I mentally...
8 Practical Tips for Returning and Furnishing Your Home {The Grove: Returning}
Here at Velvet Ashes we are passionate about holding your hand as you go through re-entry, because we know what a roller coaster it can be. Most often we focus...
Returning Home
They say, “You can’t go home again.” I don’t honestly know who they are, but I think I’m learning it’s true. I have been...
Stopping the Stink and Finding Fresh Air
The smell of a green, old-fashioned Expo marker consumed my home office. It was all I had on hand. My husband and I had just moved back to our childhood...
Returning Stronger Than Before
After a fun, bantering conversation with my mom, she looked at my husband and said, “Wow, Jeremy! What happened? Jenilee is a bit feistier than I remember.”...
Walking on Jell-0
“Oh, hey! You’re a Hibma, aren’t you? Nice to see you again!” These were the words that welcomed me as I walked into our small public library in northwest Iowa....
