by Emily Taylor | May 9, 2023 | Character of God, Parenting, When Life is Hard |
A few years ago, about a second before the kids were going back to school, my enneagram 7 husband says, “We should take a family trip. To South Dakota.” I looked at him blankly. Because… planning. In order to make it work we would need to leave in about a minute. OK,...
by Emily Taylor | May 2, 2023 | Parenting |
You guys, I just got back from spending a day listening to Curt Thompson. I actually can’t say that at this stage of the year I have loads of extra margin I’m willing to hand over (IT’S MAY), but when I heard he was coming to Omaha, and the chance to go listen to him...
by Emily Taylor | Jan 3, 2023 | Intentional living, Knowing God, Parenting |
Don’t ask me what’s happening in this picture… I cannot even remember why my boys made those paper bag faces, or what I am reading from the Bible. The fact is there’s no indicator in that picture that anything felt unusual, and I think that’s because 4 years ago it...
by Emily Taylor | Nov 15, 2022 | Relationships |
At this very moment my husband is watching a video on “how exactly one makes a bowling ball,” with my kids. Why? Because one of them asked. Also… I suspect this idea is being catalogued for future fun. Because at some point I’ll go to the grocery store or a baby...
by Emily Taylor | Aug 30, 2022 | Intentional living, Parenting |
I had SO much fun a couple of weeks ago with a friend at an event. We got to give a short talk for a back to school effort; and ended up randomly mulling over some of the phrases we often use with our kids. She’s got all girls, and the way she is shaping them and...
