Life has felt more than a little crazy as of late. We’re still fighting a pandemic, which people have seemed to stop caring about. We are seeing the largest rise of racial justice protests and movement I’ve ever witnessed in my life, both across every state in the US and in countries around the world! …
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To My Fellow White People
I grew up in a suburb of Chicago. It was an insulated upbringing. My world was white. White staff at school, white classmates, white pastors at church, white friends. There was some diversity, but little enough that it was very noticeable. I never had to think about race. I fully assumed that my culture was …
Thoughts from a PT
A majority of my job deals with pain. People in pain, looking to get out of it. Sometimes they’ve only been in a pain for a short while, from an ankle sprain or muscle strain. Sometimes it’s been pain since 1980 or “since I was 12 yrs old.” I have treated patients as young as …
Second hand Joy
One of the top 20 joyous moments of my life was hearing Thrift Shop by Macklemore on the radio for the first time. I could hardly believe that someone was rapping about thrift stores, about the lie of materialism and celebrating its rejection. And it was oh-so-catchy! “They be like “Oh that Gucci, that’s …
The Hill
This summer I’ve been riding my bike to work for the most part. It’s a 3-mile trip, and it barely takes me longer to bike than it does to drive (it’s fun blowing past cars lined up at the stop signs). I rarely get the chance to work out these days with having two small …
Smiling through Tears
This year has been a year of tragic surprises. I have witnessed close friends get divorced, had dear friends put their child into surgeon’s hands, had friends suffer both infertility and pregnancy complications, watched the mother of a dear friend suffer a life-altering stroke, have faced a rare and scary diagnosis that affects several dear …
Diving in Deep
Love Others — Jesus. This past Sunday, as we celebrated music and the life and unity and emotion it brings to our lives, I had a thought. A lot of the songs we sing in church talk about God’s love for us. These lyrics to Reckless Love by Cory Asbury are so beautiful: ” Before …
Hi, I’m Sarah.
Welcome to my blog! A quick intro: I am a midwestern expat, living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with my husband and two young kids. I grew up in the Chicago suburbs with loving parents and a younger brother. I attended a Christian K-8 private school, and then the local public high school. I was …
This Joyful, Messy Life 