Motherhood’s supreme purpose looks past brief moments and long days. It gains perspective beyond what’s visible and reaches for something invisible.

It’s a question that took me over two decades to answer, “Is it worth it to take young kids on trips they won’t remember?”

When I fear that my best is never going to be enough, and I just want to cry; when I have lost my way, I will praise the Lord.

How had I gotten there? I was holding her at arms length. I didn’t want to engage with her anymore. It felt too hard.

How often do we feel as if we’ve failed 10,000 times? Lunch left on the counter, again. “Masterpieces” dug out of the trash by the crestfallen artist. Angry words better left unsaid.

We would fumble, I was certain. Sometimes dancing is nothing but mess as we sloppily maneuver around one another until we fall into step together.