by Jessica Bolyard | Jul 21, 2012 | Faith, Family
Let down your guard, and it will steal your heart. There’s no thief like fear. –Jason Gray, “No Thief Like Fear” Am I really living? Or am I just existing, hiding away? The world is full of danger. But if I never try to go outside my heart will waste away. -J.J....
by Jessica Bolyard | Jul 7, 2012 | Faith, Family
Bedtime, I think, is one of the most challenging times a parent can face. I’ve jokingly said that it would be a lot easier to handle if it didn’t come at the very end of the day, when everyone is exhausted and at the point of just trying to survive. (I say this with...
by Jessica Bolyard | Jun 19, 2012 | Faith, Family
On a recent afternoon, I found myself circling the brick pathway around my house looking for snails. It had rained earlier in the day, and apparently snails like that. (This was news to me.) When I took my daughter outside to play after being cooped up in the house...
by Jessica Bolyard | Jun 16, 2012 | Faith
I’ve been missing in action around here for awhile now. I regret that. “A writer should write something every day,” they say. “Keep the writing muscles flexed…toned. There is no room for atrophy.” As Carlos Fuentes wrote: “Writing is a struggle against...
by Jessica Bolyard | May 15, 2012 | Faith
But I have raised you upfor this very purpose,that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. (Exodus 9:16) For the past several years, I’ve been on a journey of intentionality – of living with a purpose, embarking on everything...
by Jessica Bolyard | May 10, 2012 | Faith, Family
Over the past few days, I’ve had some of those recurring thoughts. I think you know the ones I’m talking about. “I’m a pretty awful mama. I shouldn’t have yelled at her like that.” “What kind of mother am I? I can’t even make a meal that my child will eat? It’s my...
