Present Over Perfect
quarterly report: I’m working on this, also this. Will do better next time on this. So sorry ...
and rescue and rescue, and then bring me to safety, despite my faithlessness, despite my failure. This makes me ...
Baptism There’s a new trend in books, what they’re calling “burn it down” stories—stories about women who hike ...
to take into my future is more like the nineteen-year-old than the person I’ve slipped into, the i ...
from Peanuts, and how as Charles Schultz drew him, he was always surrounded by a cloud of dirt and swir ...
face life without the swirling blanket of chaos. Instead, around every corner I’m finding t ...
As I’ve stripped things out of my life—constant traveling, overworking, compulsive activity—I’m finding ...
then, did I try so hard for so long to get away without feeling or living deeply? A friend ...
terror. Getting older means we start to look at our own lives and our own selves the same way we ...
So words that would hurt you when you’re stone-sober just don’t bother you after a glass or two of win ...
Must Be Nice Several years ago, I recognized within myself deep jealousy toward a friend. I picked up ...
down through the disdain to see what was underneath, and I wasn’t surprised, at this point, to find pure en ...
alongside people who do the same. My disdain and jealousy brought me to change my life, because I know th ...
Your Mess Is Mine I’m going to a friend’s party this week—a party for her child, and that means h ...
miracle! So that friend and I carry some things for one another. She knows some of the more painful, sh ...
and you’ll think you’re not like them. But that’s because you’re not seeing what they carry. I see it, thou ...
The Narrowing Last night we took the boys to a new park, adjacent to a tee- ball game—dads yelling ...
novel set in Italy, listening to Mac talk himself to sleep, watching the sun slide and fade. This ...
of stuff. I find it easier to get dressed in the morning when I have fewer choices. I’ve begun wanderin ...
Good Fruit You don’t have to sacrifice your spirit, your joy, your soul, your family, your marriage ...
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