The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Day

The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Day

[title subtitle=”words: Jessica Sowards”][/title] Years ago, when my two oldest sons were toddlers, we stumbled upon a park. It was spring, and I wish they had been older when we found it. As it was, they were one and two respectively, and so I am alone in...
A Dirty Life

A Dirty Life

[title subtitle=”words and images: Jessica Sowards”][/title] Once upon a time, my life looked very neat. I had it together as a mom, was a housewife to a traveling husband, went to church on Sunday and Bible group on Wednesday. I made lots of crafts and...

The View from Here

[title subtitle=”words: Jessica Sowards  images: Jeremiah Sowards”][/title] If life is a series of mountaintops and valleys, January has always been a valley month for me.  It’s bleak, forlorn, and bitter cold. It is the evictor of December, of Christmas...
Christmas in My Bones

Christmas in My Bones

[title subtitle=”words and image: Jessica Sowards”][/title] I am a Christmas person. You know the type. I listen to my James Taylor at Christmas album on October 1 every year. For me, planning and preparation and anticipation for the holiday season starts...

This Old Table

[title subtitle=”words and images: Jessica Sowards”][/title] Our table is large. Usually it seats six, but when guests come and the extender leaves come out, we can squeeze up to twelve if we don’t get too fussy about bumping elbows. As our babies grow and...

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