It’s coming on fall now as we approach the end of August in Ohio. Even if it’s humid and 90, there’s a hint of that shift – darker evenings, school beginning, Friday football games and county fairs in full swing. The morning light is more angled, shadows longer, world tilted a little more than itContinueContinue reading “How Do You Cultivate Joy?”
Author Archives: Sarah M. Wells
One Week until Official Release of The Family Bible Devotional!
The Family Bible Devotional: Stories from the Bible to Help Kids and Parents Engage and Love Scripture officially releases August 1, but it’s available now on Amazon, and I’m so excited for it to be out in the world. This was a writing project unlike any I’ve worked on before. Here’s how: 1. It isn’tContinueContinue reading “One Week until Official Release of The Family Bible Devotional!”
The Terrible Justice of Children
My children play war. A day doesn’t seem to pass without swords and guns, knight costumes and military hats. The sound of explosives exploding booms in some pretend space in our house. Legos line up for battle in forts defended by miniature men with blaster rays and lightsabers. “No, you’re Hitler,” my ten-year-old instructs theContinueContinue reading “The Terrible Justice of Children”
When God Made Everything, Even Poison Ivy
I have a poison ivy rash right now, possibly worse than I’ve ever had before. It’s waking me up from sleep several times a night. I’m using cold compresses and alternating lotions to treat it but may end up asking for a steroid to put me out of my misery. As I was applying aContinueContinue reading “When God Made Everything, Even Poison Ivy”
Birth Stories – Three Clerihews
I’m a few days (okay, like 20) behind on the poem-a-day project for National Poetry Month, but this morning I had so much fun playing with rhyme, I’m dragging my shame over missing my goals out into the open to share these goofy little poems with you and to challenge you to share your ownContinueContinue reading “Birth Stories – Three Clerihews”
Before the March For Our Lives, My Son Asks a Question
“Why would someone want to kill kids?” – Henry, Age 6 Some people have so much hurt in their hearts they don’t know what to do with it. They don’t know where to put it. They don’t know how to get rid of it. Maybe they’ve been abused. Maybe they’ve been neglected. Maybe they’ve sufferedContinueContinue reading “Before the March For Our Lives, My Son Asks a Question”
When Your Daughter Is Shot on Valentine’s Day
Which parent stays home to meet your son Which parent waits along the curb among discarded carnations and candy grams which parent stares at classroom doors for any chance she can utter later, “but for the grace of god,” “what a tragedy,” “we feel so lucky” which parent waits and waits and waits, the cut-out heartContinueContinue reading “When Your Daughter Is Shot on Valentine’s Day”
Resolve
Each Christmas I write in a little Christmas book an update about what has come in the last year. I’m forever in wonder about how much happens in a year, and how little I saw coming. This year was no different. From new job opportunities to moving towns to publishing opportunities, it was a yearContinueContinue reading “Resolve”
Marriage Summits, Valleys, and the Hikers You Encounter along the Way
The other night Brandon and I were hanging out in the living room after the kids went to bed. “This is a well written article,” he said, quoting the opening lines of the Jerry Richardson SI.com article just released, yet another sexual harassment story. I agreed. “You have to hear this,” he continued, then readContinueContinue reading “Marriage Summits, Valleys, and the Hikers You Encounter along the Way”
This Right Here
From where I sit in our new living room back in Ashland, my Christmas tree’s lights reflect off of five surfaces. Every night after I put my kids to bed in their new bedrooms, I settle under a white afghan, my 12 pound pup snuggles in next to me on the couch, and I takeContinueContinue reading “This Right Here”
Sarah Marie Wells 