When I play pickleball with my son, we both go all out. Pickleball is America’s fastest growing sport according to USA Pickleball, and it is easy enough to learn that our whole family can play together. It is fun to watch our children play with full effort, and I am thankful that our local pickleballContinue reading “Pickleball Lessons”
Author Archives: Sarah Young
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness: A Book Review and a Memory
When I first read Andrew Peterson’s title, “On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness,” I remembered being there myself. My father was a fisherman, and it was nighttime on the Atlantic in January. The slap of gentle waves against the ship made me sleepy as we sat silently side by side, staring outContinue reading “On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness: A Book Review and a Memory”
Room for Rent?
Listen HERE “Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in Him and He in God.” Memorizing this verse for AWANA gave my seven year old and I alot to talk about. He wondered: “Where exactly is God living in me? Right here?” (Pointing at his chest). “Well, is Jesus the SonContinue reading “Room for Rent?”
Autumnal Hope
Listen HERE “The seasons are a sort of disease all young poets have, it seems,” the teacher says to Emily in L.M. Montgomery’s “Emily of New Moon.” This makes two weeks in a row that I am referencing nature, but it is hard not to during such a beautiful Fall. Why did the Lord makeContinue reading “Autumnal Hope”
On the Hunt for Adventure
My eleven year old burst into tears while sitting on the couch. As I rushed over to investigate, I noticed a worn copy of Howard Pyle’s The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood in her hand. “What’s the matter?” I asked. “All the adventures happen in books and never to meeeeee…” she cried. Her tears andContinue reading “On the Hunt for Adventure”
Wonder of Worship
Listen HERE Wonder attracts our attention to detail. My youngest son and I made leaf tracings this week with red, yellow, and golden leaves. His wonder at the beauty of color made him concentrate on the shape of the leaves, their edges, their veins. Because he studied the details, he then could identify and nameContinue reading “Wonder of Worship”
Solution for Disaster
Listen HERE When there are dirty dishes on the counter, it’s surprising how quickly my children remember what everyone else ate. Accusations fly faster than mashed potatoes from a spoon. Eventually, the guilty party stops throwing accusations and begins flinging excuses. It’s rare for someone to confess immediately, and even rarer for someone to voluntarilyContinue reading “Solution for Disaster”
Dear Josephine
Find this article in its entirety right HERE at Story Warren. I am honored to be an ally in imagination. In Beatrix Potter’s imagination, Josephine Bunny was the hard-working single mother of Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-Tail, and Peter and was licensed to sell tea and tobacco. With a business to run and four little ones toContinue reading “Dear Josephine”
Washed Away
Listen HERE My grandmother led us stalwartly up the mountain road. She had on her walking hat and made sure that we each had our walking sticks, either intricately carved or lobbed off a nearby tree. Each walk had a different story: There’s a secret message tree just ahead with a knothole where explorers putContinue reading “Washed Away”
The Well-Worn Path
Listen HERE As my husband and I walked recently, I looked down in the grass and wondered what could have made the two-track trail there. It didn’t seem wide enough to have been the wheels of our golf cart, and just as I started suspecting someone of trespassing on a four-wheeler, it occurred to meContinue reading “The Well-Worn Path”
Sarah Dixon Young 