Harvesting

This truly is my favorite time of year. Changing leaves and cooler temperatures feel like renewal and abundance to me. Perhaps it is those 16 years of starting school in the fall or these last few years of seeing farmer’s tables sag beneath the weight of tomatoes and greens as we began to know seasonal…

Blessings…

…are all around us. They are in the strong-willed toddler whose lack of humility mirrors my own. They are in unforeseen delays that bring us home a day later, protecting us from only God knows what. They are in windows that won’t roll up and windshield wipers that will not work. Grudginly taking the van…