I wasn’t going to blog this week. What I wrote was more personal, more political than I intend for this space. When I woke up this morning, nine days out from baby’s due date and on day five of fighting a never-ending cough, my first thought was of my dear friends, fellow church members, coworkers and women/men/othersContinue reading “Speaking out for women’s rights”
What I hope to teach my son
In my third trimester of pregnancy, I’ve struggled to sleep through the night. I know this is par for the course, but the experience has been absolutely maddening and exhausting. The silver lining in all of this? 3 a.m. is a really great time to write and tackle random projects and catch up on reading.Continue reading “What I hope to teach my son”
How raising a puppy changed my life
This week my husband and I are celebrating the one-year anniversary of the day we got our beloved pug, Gus. That day, January 4, 2015, will be forever etched in my memory as the day I learned what it felt like to fall in love at first sight. One year ago my husband and IContinue reading “How raising a puppy changed my life”
Why I don’t set New Year’s resolutions
. . . and what I’m doing instead in 2017. I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want the next year–2017–to look like for me. Have you been too? Maybe you’ve made a resolution to lose weight or to save or make more money or to get involved in local politics or to start makingContinue reading “Why I don’t set New Year’s resolutions”
Lessons from 30
Today I turn 31. This particular age feels simultaneously foreign and familiar, like a too big, too old-fashioned coat you once bought and thought you’d never wear that now mysteriously fits so you reluctantly just wear it. My husband and I have birthdays a week apart, so he is 31 too. I wrote in his card that 30 had been a rollercoaster yearContinue reading “Lessons from 30”
Erin Strybis 