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  • Routine & Romance

    I have noticed two themes resonating in my soul this season, simultaneously.  They used to compete with each other.  I’d embrace one for a season, and then wearied of it, or feeling like I had gone too far in the other direction— I’d steer the other way again, like a go-kart on a track, driven… Read more

  • War Paint On

    I never used to wear makeup daily.  First of all, I wanted my skin to breathe. I struggled with acne a lot even into my twenties and early thirties, and makeup always seemed to make it worse.  But second, I stopped caring for myself as much as I should.  I don’t know when it happened,… Read more

  • Love is an Open Door

    My brother in law’s shirt caught my eye the other day, as we had our boys at the park playing together. “We help people walk through walls.” I was intrigued- but didn’t get it. So I asked. “Oh, it’s my work” he said. “We make doors.” Ahhh! Made total sense now that I understood. It… Read more

  • How to Be a Hardy “Mum”

    I love to go for walks, and I also love to look for and expect God to speak to me through e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g! Over the last few years l’ve discovered a new and most unexpected outlet for His reminders: trash. So whenever I go on a walk, I look for “trash talk”…l pick it up and… Read more

  • Just A Shadow

    It has been a long while since I have written. I’ve had a season of quieter contemplation. A setting aside of social media. Also, a setting aside of goals that I had for myself- to make sure that they were God’s dreams and not just mine. But it seems I can only hold God-thoughts in… Read more

  • Unpacking Grief Can Get You To The Glitter

    Last week an old craving re-emerged for me. I wanted to get away. Just like an overnight holiday trip with my family— nothing big. But I knew it wouldn’t work with our schedule at the time. And I also am in touch enough with my emotions to know that there was likely something 𝒹ℯℯ𝓅ℯ𝓇 that… Read more