by Jessica Bolyard | Dec 2, 2014 | Faith, Family
Hello, friends – I hope you are well, and that your Thanksgiving holiday was filled with joy and light and laughter. Laughter is such medicine to weary hearts and souls, and I think so much of what ails our spirits would be healed if we found time and space to...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 22, 2014 | Faith, Family
We’re nearly three months into the school year, and I still feel like I’m pretending. We’ve gone from the blistering heat of August to the cool, leaf-blowing breezes of October, and I still don’t feel like this is real. For ten weeks now...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 20, 2014 | Faith, Family
She said it was okay, but it wasn’t. She said she forgave me, but I couldn’t forgive myself. She never seemed to give it another thought, but it was enough to keep me awake that night. It had been “tacky night” at our church’s nighttime...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 6, 2014 | Faith, Family
When my Grandpa got sick a couple of years ago, my sisters and parents and aunts and uncles and I all began the bittersweet task of sorting through his things. He was very insistent that we take what we wanted of his extensive book collection, and he wanted us to do...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 3, 2014 | Faith, Family
I woke up this morning feeling like a miserable failure. I tripped over a pair of boots as soon as I got up, and before I ever made it to the bathroom, I saw a pile of clothes I hadn’t remembered to put away last night and that our cat had seen as a perfect...
by Jessica Bolyard | Sep 18, 2014 | Faith, Family, Fellowship
It was almost 9:00 at night, and I was just then able to think about supper for myself. As I pulled the cheese toast from the oven, its American-cheesiness making my stomach growl, I thought, “I should take a picture of this.” So I did. I intended to post...
