Hard Things Category Archives

LISTEN

On a day when much is on my mind, most of it limited to the life and work inside these …

GOING ANYWAY

This weekend took R-family to a place that, honestly, we really did not want to go. Instead of kicking back …

GONE

Have you ever lost a friend? Someone who had been a strong, steady presence in your life, bringing beauty to …

LOSING IT

There’s been so much loss this week. From every direction. Massive, unfathomable losses of life and limb. Loved ones. Innocence. …

OUR DISCLAIMER

Please be especially nice to us Minnesotans right now. Yes, we might be a little extra crabby lately. Or confused. Disoriented. We might wander off in the middle of a sentence now and then. We might be downright whiny. But that’s because here we are…

GUESS WHAT I FOUND

It’s all enough to make this first-born, type-A, straight-A, single-momming, self-employed girl want to hole up, buckle down and take care of things. Make things better. Fix things. Soothe things. Prevent things. Get things done. Check things off the list. All while clenching her fists and holding her breath until maybe, someday, the list will be a little less long and the needs a little lighter.

GOOD FRIDAY

Some days, life feels like one big black gnarly mess. When the things we care most desperately about the things …