september in pictures

As I do every month, I’d like to end September (has another month really passed!?!?) with some pictures. As always, a random assortment of life. Enjoy! Love upon love. Bougainvillea lurks around Bahrain, offering sprays of this electric fuchsia in an often beige...

Fire Alarms

This post originally appeared on my blog in January of 2010. I like it and wanted to re-share it. Enjoy. *** Just sat down to light a fire and work a bit since I finally got both babies down. We’re in the middle of the heinous transition from two naps down to...

with hope

Are you weary in some way or another? Losing steam? Needing a miracle? Or even just the tiniest sign? As we approach a new week—with all its complexities, with all its uncontrollables, with all its possibilities, with all its veiled romance—I want to give you these...

a borrowed prayer

I’ve been praying more lately. Lots of cries for help. Lots of beggy pleas. Not totally sure why. Maybe it’s the 3 babies. Living in Bahrain. Current geopolitical climate. Book writing. Trying to keep breathing. Trying to keep my mental health. Realizing, day after...

broad grace

Rereading my last post, I am reminded that I so easily drift off into a very small place. A place that is narrow and cramped and stifling. My last post was a reminder that toxic thinking puts me in that small space. Today, I wanted to share with you a Scripture that...