lately

learning to rest. grateful for nature. wondering what if? knowing, no matter what: my Creator loves me.

i will conquer the west

about my fears, i wrote the following, knowing that only by conquering my fears of beginning, will i ever know if i can. the more i wonder, the braver i become. i am not the west. i am the north. i breathe the south. i embrace the east. but the west. it is scary, dry,

5 :: hopespoken

one:: hi, i’m barb, and i’m going to the hope spoken conference! whoohoo! i am so blessed to be able to go. this is a picture of my mom and i from a few weekends ago on a family visit to south haven, michigan (which is an AWESOME coastal town on Lake Michigan that you should

adventure, adventure :: backpacking in the moonlight

i went backpacking for the first time last fall. where you wear your food, your clothes, your space to sleep, on your back. and you set up camp at some lovely place, where the air is fresher than your lungs know what to do with. we went up north in the lower peninsula of michigan,

if.

hi.

hi. how are you? i’m good. actually, i’m SUPER busy, but that’s good. great things are happening for me. starting with being blessed enough to go to this! please know that i miss writing here, and i always am trying to think about making this a place of rest, laughter and comfort.  and that i’m

sometimes

sometimes i just want you to listen to your kids, and not just nod like you are listening.  (sorry a.r.) sometimes i want you to put down that cell phone and really tell me how you are.  ( i should listen more) sometimes i wish we could get a day off of work for a

songs on a wednesday

songs on a wednesday i imagine you are under a tree just like this. teaching our girl about good stuff, like morals and fish scales. the sweat and joy intermingled in your dirty hair. she listens to your every syllable. always has. you may fall asleep, you may in fact be rocking in your hammocks.