This summer I wrote a post about how the delayed released of melatonin effects the sleep patterns of teenagers, and why this means all schools should have a delayed start. So imagine my excitement when I heard this report about about what happened in Seattle when they pushed back the start time for school. Grades and attendance both went up! And teens were sleeping more! Have a listen here: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/12/676118782/sleepless-no-more-in-se

I love to walk. I always have. Walking has often been like therapy for me, a way to process ministry and mothering challenges. Each step offers a little one-on-one time with myself or when I'm willing to be quite enough to listen, a little one-on-one time with God. On our family beach vacations I walk on with my sister-in-laws (who are really sisters to me) as a way to catch up and share the details of our lives in between the visits. In October of this year I am going to tak