Essays + Narratives

“So I’ve been thinking about something…and I think we need to talk about it,” I said nervously over our dodgy Skype connection. Why did the picture always have to be so pixelated? Wouldn’t it be nice to just have one conversation while seeing his face clearly?  “What is it?” He asked.  I had gone back […]

I moved a useless breast pump into three different houses. After two different babies, with twodifferent lactation consultants, and two different pediatricians, and two separate verdicts, “yourbaby has lost too much weight and it is time to supplement with formula,” I still carried thatstupid pump with me into our third home. I packed it up […]

If my three daughters hold hands, they almost encircle the trunk of the giant oak we find in the woods. Thirty little fingers grasp the rough vertical ridges of her bark and climb. My eldest, due to start sixth grade in a few weeks, leads the ascent. They don’t get very far, but they try […]

As we continue our “Pursuit of Less” series, Britt chats with Rebecca Hargraves about fostering spiritual connection through calm, quiet, and practicing intentionality, especially as women of faith. While discussing her own journey to living a quieter life, Rebekah shares the struggles that we experience as women, mothers, and general members of society as we […]

We’re clearing out Grandmom’s house. She’s already settled in at the nursing home, reluctantly. I live close by, so I’ve been here all week packing tea cups, glassware, odds & ends—the detritus left behind after inhabiting a place for fifty years. I wrap everything in newspaper, my hands turning black as the tears fall and […]

We’re kicking off the 2nd season of the She is Kindred Podcast with episode 34 and the start of our new series, “The Pusuit of Less.” We’ve all felt the pull toward more – more possessions, a bigger following, a fuller calendar. And yet, many of us find more somewhat lacking. And we begin to […]