by Shari Dragovich | Aug 21, 2018 | Faith, Mothering, These Days, Uncategorized
I was standing at the Welcome Counter right outside the double doors to our church’s sanctuary. It was my day to greet folks and “be the face” of St. John Lutheran for visitors. It was the end of service; I was repeating my “Bye, have a great week!” when she came...
by Shari Dragovich | Feb 12, 2018 | Home Front, Mothering, These Days, Uncategorized
On Saturday, I wrote to you about a difficult conversation I had with one of my children’s coaches. If you missed it, click here, to catch up. Otherwise… How did the conversation go? You are wondering. It went well! And…it was exhausting. There were several points of...
by Shari Dragovich | Feb 10, 2018 | Faith, Mothering, These Days, Uncategorized
This week I had a difficult conversation (for me, anyway) with one of my children’s coaches. It was difficult for lots of reasons, but mostly it was difficult because I worked hard to stay fully in the moment—close to what I heard the coach saying. Close to my...
by Shari Dragovich | Jan 29, 2018 | Home Front, Mothering, Uncategorized
Today is my birthday. As I’ve gotten older, and life more complicated, I notice I play this strange tug-of-war game over my birthday in my head. Not over the fact I’m one year older (though this is beginning to have its tug, too). Rather, over the idea of wanting it...
by Shari Dragovich | Mar 13, 2017 | Faith, Mothering, On Running, Uncategorized
I am running again. Late last week I ran on the greenway of our little city. It follows alongside the Roanoke River that weaves like discarded ribbon through Roanoke’s kaleidoscope of neighborhoods and businesses. On Saturday, I ran Chestnut Ridge Trail; a 5.4 mile...
by Shari Dragovich | Dec 1, 2016 | Faith, Home Front, Mothering, These Days, Uncategorized
I am hanging ornaments on my Christmas tree. It is the fake one I set up in the front of my home. There is another tree—a real one my family and I drove up Bent Mountain earlier in the morning to cut from Slaughter’s Christmas Tree Farm (funny name for a Christmas...
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