I went to Starbucks tonight and was served by a long-haired, bushy-bearded man wearing a khaki pleated knee-length skirt, old-school Doc Martins, and 1990’s-style crew socks scrunched just so. These are the things that remind me I am no longer in Oklahoma. The boys and I went out to breakfast today. They crowed over their […]
Seasons of Grace
My husband has been gone for six months now. He wrote that in some ways it seems impossible that he’ll see me again– that I seem almost more a figment of his imagination–and I understand. After months and months of talking through keyboards and the occasional computer screen, it is very hard for me to […]
Halfway Through This Deployment
Tonight we enjoyed Thai food, strawberries, hot cocoa and a little bit of Filipino dancing. We’re halfway through this deployment, and it was time to celebrate. Besides marking the tipping point from which we now can move downhill, today also was the official start of my third trimester. It doesn’t always feel like we’re […]
Grandmother
My grandmother combined two years of high school into one so she could jump ship at seventeen to marry her sweetheart. Nine months from the honeymoon she held her baby daughter in her arms; ten years from the honeymoon she held her seventh child. My grandmother had nine pregnancies and seven live births by the […]
Be My Yes and Amen
This is one of those days where I feel as if I cannot go on. It’s all so heavy, the burden so heavy. “Come to me, all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” I am weary and heavy laden, Lord. I feel as if I cannot go on. The […]
September Eleven
Never, as a 21 year old girl who knelt shaking before a quaking tv screen did I begin to imagine what those towers would mean to my life. And as they fell, I could never imagine the husband I had yet to meet would one day –12 years hence– put his boots on the dust of […]
What’s Going On With The Moores?
This is a catch-you-up-to-date post, because I am receiving a lot of loving questions about the State Of The Moores. My apologies that this is super long. At least read to the middle. It’s worth it. I promise! Where in the world is David? David is officially standing with his boots on the ground in […]
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