Emily Echols Sep 14, 20194 minJust Like Riding a Bike (in Middle School) I didn’t learn how to ride a bike as a kid. People always ask me how that’s possible. I did have a bike when I was a kid. It was pink. I ...
Emily Echols Aug 20, 20194 minCatch It Sometimes you think and pray and write pros and cons lists and worry and wring your hands and then finally make a decision. Other times, ...
Emily Echols Aug 2, 20195 minDear FirstbornLast week, Little Brother had his tooth capped. He did great during the procedure but afterward he dealt with the weird feeling of a numb...
Emily Echols Jul 23, 20193 minKeeping the Door Open A few weeks ago, I had a rough Wednesday. Dinner was wild enough that I asked my husband if he needed back up. I said I didn’t have to go...
Emily Echols Jul 16, 20194 minTrusting Other People to Love UsI just finished reading the second book in the Outlander series, Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon. (Ok, skimming the end. It was not ...
Emily Echols Jun 25, 20193 minNot-So-Secret Episcopalians We’re Episcopalians. Whoa. It feels good to say that. We were secretly, even to us, Episcopalians for many years. When we first got marri...
Emily Echols Jun 18, 20194 minYou Are All StardustI dated a guy one summer in college who was constantly using his teeth to open containers, untie knots in boot laces or to hold things. T...
Emily Echols Jun 5, 20195 minManaging My Anxiety I wrote this several months ago but couldn’t make myself share it then. I’m behind schedule posting this week because I had a sick kid ho...
Emily Echols May 28, 20192 minHow Skinny Do I Need to Be? I’ve been thinking about thresholds. I’m allergic to raspberries. It took me several years to figure it out because usually I was eating ...
Emily Echols May 20, 20193 minSkating ScaredI carry too many things. That’s probably true of most people. We hold onto heavy things that we don’t need to, maybe even things that don...
Emily Echols May 14, 20194 minScatteredWe’re coming up on our ten-year wedding anniversary. We have lived in 8 houses, in 4 states, and 2 countries. The thing is, even when we’...
Emily Echols May 9, 20194 minThis is the Best Day of My Life! Yesterday at 7:30am my three-year-old yelled, “This is the best day of my life!” We were walking home from walking Big Brother to school....
Emily Echols Jan 28, 20194 minTrusting My Feet “You have a testing problem,” she told me gently, skating next to me, trying to calm me down. "Bash, we see you do these things. We know ...
Emily Echols Jan 15, 20194 minHiding in the Sacristy with a Screaming KidGetting kids to the Christmas Eve service dressed in their adorable Christmas outfits can be a struggle. It can be an even bigger struggl...
Emily Echols Dec 18, 20185 minRenewing Domain Names and LonelinessI recently spent hours trying to renew my domain name. I’d gotten several emails about it. I kept thinking, “Oh yeah, I need to take care...
Emily Echols Nov 5, 20183 minLiar, Liar, Pants on FireSo remember last week how I was going to give myself the gift of time? I was going to give myself time to work on derby skills, time to w...
Emily Echols Oct 30, 20185 minThe Gift of TimeAt roller derby practice on Sunday we did our monthly skills tests. During practice only people who are level four and higher get to prac...
Emily Echols Oct 23, 20183 minI am the WorstOne Halloween my oldest son had gotten his piece of candy and was reaching for another one for his baby brother. The woman wrenched the b...
Emily Echols Oct 16, 20184 minGospel Elevator Pitch Recently I was in the elevator with a neighbor. She had on a PWOC shirt and was carrying a PWOC tumbler. This was when I was still optimi...
Emily Echols Oct 2, 20185 minTelling the Story A few times at week, at around four o’clock I decide I want to bake bread for dinner. I scour Pinterest for recipes. But anyone who has m...