pursuing a life of purpose
We are all just swimming upstream. The moment the wind calms and the food is plentiful and the credit cards are paid off, gusts once again sweep you off your feet. They swell and pull at you and whistle uncomfortably in your ears. Kids grow louder. Your temper grows quicker. The laundry piles and bills […]
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If you give a mom a coffee, she’ll want a donut to go with it. So she’ll stop by this great bakery on the way to the kid’s school drop off, get the éclair instead, and eat it in four bites. Stuffing her face with saturated fat and sugar will remind her that she’s fifteen […]
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Last week, my daughter found a dove in the yard. It had fallen out of its nest and sat there in the grass, looking confused and bewildered. Of course it’s hard to read the emotions of birds. It might have been trying to kill itself, inching and pushing and finally managing to throw his distorted […]
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I knew a girl that trained for the Olympics. She got permission to cut out early from school to spend eight hours in the gym. Her parents were insanely rigid and no one really invited her to play dates or to have ice cream sundaes. She couldn’t come anyway because she was training. She was […]
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Girlfriends are awesome. You call them when you’re bored, when you get a new job, or when you want to get a play-by-play rundown of Top Chef because you forgot to Tivo it and you were stuck in a meeting. And when you just can’t breastfeed one more day or you feel like bludgeoning your […]
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I love the Olympics. They make you feel and do strange things, such as: (1) Mutter to yourself, after a bottle of vegetable oil topples out of the top cabinet, “Oh man. So close. It sucks to fall.” (2) Hold your head up high and prance around on the pads of your feet as you […]
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In an abstract world, controversy is fun. Everyone picks a side and argues their points, shooting down the other side with logic and theory. It’s high school debate meets law school meets logic games, stirred together with a nerdy competitive streak and a sense of humor. Someday soon, I’m going to host a dinner party […]
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Today, I thought I’d paint a picture of what my life is like. The big news of the week was that our six-year-old girl lost her front tooth. I videoed her trying to say “silly sally went to town, walking backwards, upside down” so I could hear the funny whistling lisp she developed. It […]
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Lately, something has been tugging at my heart. It’s the simple question of why God seeks out his own praise. The very idea that the ultimate creator, healer, and master of our souls has a need for his own people to fall down on their feet for His glory seems a bit preposterous. Why the […]
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I dread well-check appointments. It’s not that anything is wrong with my kids, but those darn visits make me feel like an inadequate mother. But this year, I was prepared. The American Academy of Pediatrics has a list of questions that my doctor uses to judge the overall health and well-being of a child. They […]
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Hello! My name is Amanda Hill and I'm a writer and lawyer in Austin, Texas. Take your time to look around, and welcome!
