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Category: Home and Heart

  • Something Beautiful,Built to Last

    Something Beautiful,Built to Last

    San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts was designed to look like a ruin — something beautiful, decaying gently into time. But standing beneath its soaring rotunda with my daughter and my son, I felt anything but ruined. I felt held. A personal essay about architecture, family love, and the evenings that stay with you forever.

  • This Is the Part Nobody Prepares You For

    This Is the Part Nobody Prepares You For

    A heartfelt reflection on the emotional journey of watching your oldest child leave home — moving across the country for school, love, and a baby on the way. This post explores the bittersweet reality of the empty nest transition, the beauty of one last perfect family day, and the raw truth that no one prepares…

  • The Hardest Kind of Happy: What Anticipatory Grief Looks Like When Your Child Leaves the Nest

    The Hardest Kind of Happy: What Anticipatory Grief Looks Like When Your Child Leaves the Nest

    Feeling sad and proud at the same time as your child leaves home? Learn what anticipatory grief is and how to navigate this bittersweet parenting milestone.

  • Love is Not Needy: Reimagining Relationships from Ownership to Freedom (Part 2)

    Love is Not Needy: Reimagining Relationships from Ownership to Freedom (Part 2)

    What if everything you learned about love is actually about fear? Explore the radical idea that true love requires nothing, gives complete freedom, and celebrates the other’s journey—even if it leads them away. Transform your relationships from neediness to authentic connection with practical, profound guidance inspired by Conversations with God.