“May I do my work out of love, and not out of duty.” I say this every day as part of my morning prayer. I added it in a few years back, when homeschooling Saoirse and Ula was at its most challenging. Like every over-achieving mom, I was having a hard time sorting out what […]
The Other America
Going to watch fireworks is the last thing I want to do on the Fourth of July. I’m mulling over the possible excuses and reasons I can present to get out of it as Bob and I walk the dirt road, scanning the blossoms on the elderberry bushes. We’re checking to see if any of […]