Sarah Who Wanders...

I began writing during week 2 of this stay-home movement if you will, so I will give a brief synopsis of what life was like during week 1 for my household. I hope sharing this journal gives you hope, laughter, and insight. I hope it lets you know that we are all in this together as we experience a range of human emotions. Last week (week 1):  For the first few days we talk of little other than Coronavirus. Are we taking this too seriously? Not seriously enough? What does this mean for everyone? Surely our leaders are looking at China and Italy and making informed decisions, right? Right?  We struggle through the first week of “offsite education” for the boys, at once both annoyed with it all and thankful their education will continue without huge disruption. The boys are so resilient and adapt to their new online routine. I figure out how to videotape science projects and photograph homework to help them send in. Isaiah realizes his bday will be much different this ...

I recently read this article that a friend from high school posted, and it was one of the most eye-opening, 100% accurate works on parenthood (or making the decision to be a parent) and womanhood that I have ever read. To be fair she was more like a high school acquaintance but I have gotten to know her better due to the Internet which is both odd and wonderful at the same time. You see, it was me who needed to grow, all superficial & only caring about myself when this girl was actually already truly cool, knowing exactly what she believed in… (Traits I wouldn’t find truly cool until a decade or two later). But I digress... If you are a woman who was born anytime between 1980 through 2000 or so you should read this article. Heck if you are a woman you should read this article. If you are a mom who has a daughter who is in her 20s or 30s you should read this article. If you are a man you should read this article. It is a lengthy link, so find a comfy spot, pour yourself a cuppa co...

I was feeling a bit reflective today, and thought that I would write about things that it took me THIS long to figure out.  1. We are all a work in progress. Read that again. No one, not the famous NFL player, not the doctor you highly respect, not Bill Gates...has been at a spot where they felt they were 100% done growing. There is no end. There are goals and milestones that we work to reach, and then we set new goals. We are ever changing and ever learning, as we should be. You will never ARRIVE, so enjoy the journey. 2. Always choose love. Love can break your heart, sobbing, ugly, can't breathe pain, especially when that love is lost. But love is beautiful and makes life worth loving. Never ever hold back to "protect yourself." Love that man, woman, child, patient, pet, grandparent, parent, friend with everything you have for as long as you get to. Yes, they may not return the love. They will even someday die. But even in the small things I would 100% rather be t...