Don’t do me any favors
This is my official public appeal: Please can we do away with party favors? This week I cleaned out 4 bags of chips, 5 transferrable tattoos, 2 pencils, 6 brightly colored erasers, 3 small containers...
View ArticleAncient Conclusions for New Year’s Resolutions
It’s the week after Christmas, which means this is the week in which we are all supposed to be reflecting meaningfully on the past year and preparing our new year’s resolutions for the year ahead,...
View ArticleOn why we said no to preschool
In the past few weeks, our 4-year old has been keeping us entertained. I’ve been posting side-splittingly funny quotes and anecdotes on Facebook, and noticed that in a number of them I’ve referred to...
View ArticleWho Should I Date? (Notes from the Trenches of Happily Ever After)
(Fair warning: this is a longer-than-usual post because it is actually from a talk I did to a college group this week.) When people hear that my husband and I met on my front door step, I am often...
View ArticleHelp: I Think I Made The Wrong Choice
“Dear Bronwyn, What do you do when you think you’ve followed God’s leading, but then it just sort of falls apart and no longer feels right or makes any sense? I know God’s plan does not involve...
View ArticleWhy I Don’t Want My Kids To Be Fearless
There are many things I want for my children: Kindness. Gentleness. Courage. Love. But one thing I don’t want for my kids is for them to be fearless. I’ve been listening to a bunch of platitudes that...
View ArticleThe Fine Print on the Finest of Marriage Proposals
If you want to while away a couple of hours filled with laughter, tears, and OMG moments, search “marriage proposals” on YouTube. Here’s one that was a YEAR in the making: Dear reader, our wedding...
View ArticleTerminal and Loving Every Minute
My guest today is Andrew Budek-Schmeisser. Andrew is a reader of this blog and his comments have left me deeply moved so often that I asked him to write a post for us. Andrew is terminally ill, and it...
View ArticleWhen Your Kid Googles You (Take care. Someone’s listening.)
“I looked you up on google,” my daughter said a few weeks ago. I froze, arranging my face as nonchalantly as I could: “Oh really? What did you find?” “You’ve written a LOT of articles,” she observed,...
View ArticleWhen You Have What Someone Else Wants
There are many ways to be rich. In relationships. In opportunity. In talent. And sometimes we only notice when we're listening to someone who is in pain because they lack the thing we have.
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