boundaries

  • No One Else Can Grow Me Up but Me

    How many times during a day or a week do you expect someone else to solve your problem? Or to put it another way: how many times do you feel internally upset or dysregulated and your automatic response is to… Continue reading

    No One Else Can Grow Me Up but Me
  • The Pitfalls of “Christian Nice”

    I once knowingly got engaged to a man who had formerly slept with prostitutes. Writing those words and seeing them on the page now fills me with horror. What?! I can’t believe I did that. But at the time, I… Continue reading

    The Pitfalls of “Christian Nice”
  • It Is Not My Job to Form My Children

    “It is not your job to form your children.” My spiritual director spoke those words to me in the middle of our last session. They sank deep and far. I teared up and had to breathe deep. My eldest daughter… Continue reading

    It Is Not My Job to Form My Children