I decided to try to read the entire Bible in 1 year. This has always felt like an out-of-reach goal for me that I knew I wouldn't achieve so I never committed to it in the past. But 2026 is the year!! (she says on January 13th of 2026...) I have this neat-o set of books that is put together to guide me through the whole Bible in a year. There's room for gratitude and prayer and notes and a checklist where I mark off each section of the Bible after I read it. This is my favori

the more I realize just how much I am going to struggle with growing old gracefully. Now the truth is, I'm not actually that old yet. But it feels like it when I look around and see my former students raising their beautiful babies... and my own kiddo is married and the potential of my grandmotherhood isn't that far off. That's ridiculous to even say outloud! But I'm not old. Even though my conversations with friends often touch on our ailments. And perimenopause. And the tho

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