I stepped up onto the platform. It was higher than I first thought. Too high. I don’t like heights. Though the padding below promised a soft landing, it did little in the way of helping me feel confident. “You are the Simone Biles of klutz. This is not a good idea.” The voice in my head spoke these… Read More
“You know, Autumn, the church is full of broken people.” I have recently had what many would call a crisis of faith. I would call it a crisis of faith in church. Yes. I have wondered if we are just a group of people who drank the Kool-Aide. I have wondered if we are just a group of people whom… Read More
Recently, I got the urge to look back through the photos taken of my son throughout his 3 years. It was interesting to me that not only was I watching my son grow up, but I was also watching my photography skills refine. When I first started taking photos, it was for the soul purpose of capturing my son’s moments… Read More
If you were to have told me how difficult being a parent was before I had a baby, the thought in my head would have been, “How difficult can being a stay-at-home mom be? Really? Stop your griping and complaining!”. Yeah. Not only is it difficult to be a stay at home mommy, but being a mommy of a… Read More
Steve and I joined a church this morning. This church has no great programs for anyone between the ages of 0-100. It has no programs for singles, divorced, married, or widowed people. It has no elaborate sound systems, no big loud bands, no people dressed in $300 jeans with spiked hair and shiney black squared off toe shoes, no video… Read More
After a long fun weekend, we packed up and headed to Birmingham for not so much fun. Asher was scheduled to meet with the neurosurgeon at Children’s for the first time. He was tired of being in the car, and I was nervous. I had some idea of what we would hear, but I was surprised, too. Children’s is an… Read More
