Tag: worry

• The problem with one-sided conversations…

  My husband and I left for a semi-spontaneous, brief beach vacation, leaving our 19-year-old son at home with his college classes and pizza delivery schedule. He was hanging out with his older brother when we left home; I sent him a text to let him know we were gone and it was safe to go […]

  Sara

  October 26, 2015

  family, Humor, Laugh, parenting

  Humor, leaving children home alone, mothering, text messages, vacation, worry

• No news is no news…

  

  It was after 9:30 before I decided I should at least try to sleep, but knowing my husband was driving alone on dark, stormy roads with a cell phone nearly out of battery power made me uncomfortable. I felt the same dis-ease I felt as a parent who was trying to sleep knowing her teenager […]

  Sara

  August 17, 2015

  family, Humor, parenting

  family life, staycation, text messages, travel mercies, vacation, worry

• Big toeing the line… or not

  

  “Ooooh,” my husband said, “Why don’t you shoot a photo of it and post it to Facebook?” He was being sarcastic, of course. My husband has little use for Facebook perusal or posting, and he was pointing at my big toe. Seriously? Who would shoot a photo of her toe? “Of course not,” I scorned. […]

  Sara

  July 25, 2015

  character, Christian life, Humor, inspiration

  against medical advice, podiatrist, toe the line, worry

• No longer worrying that “it could happen to me”…

  

  I’ve been reading the book of Job with my literature students recently, and we all agree that we wouldn’t want to claim Job’s comforters for ourselves. They weren’t very comforting. Sure, when Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar first arrived, they grieved with calamity Job silently—but once they opened their mouths, their apparent support for Job deteriorated […]

  Sara

  September 14, 2013

  character, Christian life, family, Humor, life

  5-minute read, dementia, faith, fear, featured, it could happen to me, longform, mother, suffering, the book of Job, trust, why, worry, wplongform

• Out of (my) control…

  I was getting the batting line-up from our head coach just before our final game of the season, when I got a surprise admission. “I get more nervous coaching than I ever did playing,” Coach Zach told me, which I found amazing since he had played ball professionally. “I guess it’s because it’s all out […]

  Sara

  April 26, 2012

  character, Christian life, family, parenting

  frustration, out of control, serenity prayer, worry